Terms used
3 Terms used
In this Act —
Board has the meaning given in the Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998 section 49;
civil monetary liability means a liability to pay damages or compensation or any other amount ordered in a civil proceeding, but does not include a liability to pay a civil penalty under this Act;
gas market participant means —
a service provider;
a user;
a producer;
a storage provider;
a person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
GBB means the gas bulletin board;
GSOO means the gas statement of opportunities;
operator means the person on whom functions are conferred under section 7(2)(a);
protected information means information given to the operator under an obligation under this Act or another Act —
that is specified to be confidential by the person who gave it (unless it is not reasonable in the circumstances to so specify the information); or
that by its nature is confidential; or
that is classified as confidential under the regulations or the rules;
rules means the rules made under section 8;
user means a person who —
is a party to a contract with a service provider under which the service provider provides or intends to provide a pipeline service to that person by means of a pipeline; or
has a right under an access determination to be provided with a pipeline service by means of a pipeline; or
is an end user of a class prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
Unless the contrary intention appears, a term has the same meaning in this Act as it has in the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law except that, for the purposes of this Act, the definition of pipeline is to be read as —
not including a pipeline that is a part of a distribution system (as defined in the Energy Coordination Act 1994 section 3(1)); and
including a meter station or gate station, through which gas may flow into a distribution system (as so defined).
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