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Schedule 2 Dictionary
section 7
acceptance notice see section 35(1)(d).
accounting period...
advisory committee...
AEMO has the meaning given under the National Gas (Queensland) Law.
appropriately qualified, for the performance of a function or exercise of a power, includes having the qualifications, experience and competence to perform the function or exercise the power.
approved access arrangement means an access arrangement approved by the relevant regulator under the National Gas Law.
approved form means the form approved by the regulator under section 322.
area distribution authority...
area distributor...
area retail authority...
area retailer...
area retailer obligation...
body corporate Act means any Act as follows—
Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997;
Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980;
Integrated Resort Development Act 1987;
Mixed Use Development Act 1993;
Registration of Plans (H.S.P. (Nominees) Pty. Limited) Enabling Act 1980;
Registration of Plans (Stage 2) (H.S.P. (Nominees) Pty. Limited) Enabling Act 1984.
code contravention notice see section 270R(1).
common area...
common area consumption ...
conduct assurance see section 270S(1)(b)(ii).
connection contract see section 106(1).
consequential work see section 92(1)(b).
consequential work requirement see section 92(2).
consumption, of a substance, includes using it to produce heat, light or power or for air-conditioning or refrigeration.
content requirements, for a contingency supply plan, see section 239(1).
contestable customer...
contingency supply plan, of an industry participant, means the industry participant’s contingency supply plan made under section 237, as amended from time to time under section 243.
contravention notice see section 271AC(1).
corresponding authority, for a distribution authority for a covered gas, means an authority or licence, however called, issued under any of the following that is similar to the distribution authority for the covered gas—
Gas Supply Act 1996 (NSW);
Gas Act 1997 (SA);
Gas Industry Act 2001 (Vic);
Gas Industry Act 2019 (Tas);
Energy Coordination Act 1994 (WA);
Energy Operators (Powers) Act 1979 (WA);
Utilities Act 2000 (ACT);
another law of a State relating to the transport or supply of the covered gas.
covered gas see section 9.
covered pipeline means a pipeline that, under the National Gas Law, is a covered pipeline.
Note—
See the National Gas (Queensland) Law, section 2, definition covered pipeline.
criminal history means history of convictions other than a spent conviction, for offences committed in the State or elsewhere.
customer see section 16.
customer connection contract...
customer connection services see section 19.
customer retail contract...
customer retail services...
decision notice see section 35(1).
defaulting retailer...
disconnect, for customer connection services, includes—
cessation, curtailment and interruption; and
a refusal to connect or reconnect.
discontinuance request...
discontinue...
distribution area see section 21(a).
distribution authority see section 21.
distribution network code means—
an initial distribution network code; or
a distribution network code made by QCA under chapter 5A and as amended from time to time under that chapter.
distribution officer, for a distributor, means a person appointed, under section 132, as a distribution officer for the distributor, whose appointment is still in force.
distribution pipeline see section 13.
distribution system see section 14.
distributor see section 22.
Electricity Act means the Electricity Act 1994.
energy and water ombudsman means the energy and water ombudsman under the Energy and Water Ombudsman Act 2006.
energy ombudsman...
excluded customer see section 16(4).
exclusive retail authority...
exclusive retailer...
executive officer, of a corporation, means a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, its management, whether or not the person is a director or the person’s position is given the name of executive officer.
exempt seller means an exempt seller under the NERL (Qld), that sells gas to a customer in Queensland.
external review, for a decision, means a review of the decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act.
first accounting period...
FOI exempt matter...
fuel gas...
gas infrastructure see section 75(1).
gas infrastructure work see section 75(2).
Gas Pipelines Access Law...
Gas (Residual Provisions) Act...
gas retail market procedures means—
the retail market procedures made under the National Gas (Queensland) Law, section 294A, that regulate the Queensland retail gas market (the initial procedures); and
the retail market procedures made by AEMO under the National Gas (Queensland) Law, section 91M, that regulate the Queensland retail gas market, including procedures that amend—
the initial procedures; or
other procedures made by AEMO.
gas retail market services...
general retail authority...
general retailer ...
greenfield distribution authority...
GRMO...
holder, of an authority under this Act, means each person recorded in the register of authorities as its holder.
industry code...
industry participant see section 236.
information notice, for a decision, means a notice stating each of the following—
the decision;
reasons for the decision;
the rights of—
internal review under this Act for the decision; or
referral, under the Energy and Water Ombudsman Act 2006, for the decision;
the period within which any internal review or referral must be started or made;
how the rights of internal review or referral must be exercised;
for a right of internal review—that a stay of a decision the subject of internal review under this Act may be applied for under this Act.
initial distribution network code means an initial distribution network code made by the Minister under chapter 5A and as amended from time to time under that chapter.
initial industry code...
insufficiency of supply declaration see section 251.
insufficiency of supply direction see section 254(1).
internal review application see section 271(1).
internal review decision see section 274(1)(b).
internal review notice see section 278(1).
large customer...
lot includes a parcel of land.
LPG, also called ‘LP gas’ and ‘liquefied petroleum gas’, means a substance that—
is in a gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure; and
is more than half propane, propylene (also called propene) or butane, in any combination; and
has been processed to be suitable for consumption.
LPG distribution pipeline means a pipeline that—
only transports LPG; and
would, other than for the fact that it only transports LPG, be a distribution pipeline as defined under section 13.
LPG distribution system means a system of pipelines, meters and other equipment that—
is only for LPG; and
would, other than for the fact that the system is only for LPG, be a distribution system as defined under section 14.
LPG distributor means a person who—
owns or operates an LPG distribution pipeline or LPG distribution system; and
provides services to premises that—
relate to the pipeline or system; and
would, if the pipeline or system was a distribution pipeline or system, be customer connection services as defined under section 19.
meter means a device used to work out, by direct measurement, the energy, mass or volume of a covered gas transferred from one place to another.
MIRN means a meter identification registration number under the gas retail market procedures.
MIRN premises—
1 A MIRN premises is premises, a part of premises or a group of premises—
that, under the gas retail market procedures, has an established metering installation with a MIRN; or
for which, under the gas retail market procedures, a metering installation with a MIRN is to be established.
2 However, the term does not include a premises of an excluded customer.
national gas agreement means the ‘Natural Gas Pipelines Access Agreement’ relating to third party access to natural gas pipeline systems entered into by the Commonwealth and all of the States on 7 November 1997, or the agreement as amended.
Editor’s note—
A copy of the agreement is available for inspection free of charge at the department’s office at 61 Mary Street, Brisbane during office hours on business days.
National Gas Law means both of the following—
the National Gas (Queensland) Act 2008;
the National Gas (Queensland) Law.
negotiated retail contract...
NERL (Qld) see the National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Act 2014, section 3(1).
non-contestable customer...
notice means a written notice.
notified prices see section 228(3).
on a publicly controlled or other place includes over or under the place.
on-supplier see section 213.
on-supplier’s premises see section 213(3).
on-supply agreement...
original decision see section 271(1).
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act means the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004.
point-to-point distribution authority...
premises, of a customer, means premises owned or occupied by the customer.
prevent includes each of the following—
hinder;
obstruct.
pricing investigation see section 227A(1)(a).
processed natural gas...
proposed action see section 60(1)(a).
prospective on-supplier...
prospective receiver...
protected customer...
public entity—
generally—see section 76; and
for a publicly controlled place—see also section 77(3).
public entity work see section 90.
publicly controlled place see section 77.
QCA means the Queensland Competition Authority established under the QCA Act.
QCA Act means the Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997.
QCA code objective see section 270F(1).
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).
reasonably believes means to believe on grounds that are reasonable in the circumstances.
receiver, for an on-supplier, see section 213(4).
register...
register of authorities means the register the regulator keeps under section 308.
regulator see section 8.
remedial action see section 96.
remedial action requirement see section 97.
retail area...
retail authority...
retail contract means a negotiated retail contract or a standard retail contract.
retailer means a retailer under the NERL (Qld), that sells gas to a customer in Queensland.
retailer of last resort scheme means the RoLR scheme under the NERL (Qld), section 122.
retail services application...
reticulated, for a covered gas, see section 15.
review application...
review decision...
reviewer see section 271(2).
review notice...
RTI excluded information means information that is—
exempt information under the Right to Information Act 2009; or
information disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to cause a public interest harm as mentioned in the Right to Information Act 2009, schedule 4, part 4.
sell includes each of the following—
give or sell;
agree, attempt or offer to give or sell;
advertise to give or sell;
cause or permit to be given or sold;
give away for swap.
small customer see section 16(3).
spent conviction...
standard retail contract...
standard temperature and pressure means an absolute pressure of 101.325kPa at a temperature of 15ºC.
standard terms...
Statewide newspaper means a newspaper or other publication generally circulating in the State.
substantial shareholder, in a corporation, means a person who under the Corporations Act, has a substantial shareholding in the corporation.
suitability criteria see section 32(2).
supply, for a covered gas, includes the transportation or sale of the covered gas.
transmission pipeline see section 12.
transmission pipeline licence means a licence under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act for a transmission pipeline.
warning notice—
for chapter 5A, part 5—see section 270R(1); or
for chapter 6, part 1B, division 1—see section 271AC(1).
warning period see section 271AD(1)(c).
work direction see section 87(2).
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