Terms used
22 Terms used
In this Part —
Account means the account called the Gas Producers Contribution Account established as an agency special purpose account under the Financial Management Act 2006 section 16(1)(d);
Authority means the Economic Regulation Authority established by the Economic Regulation Authority Act 2003 section 4;
consumer means a person who —
is a consumer under the Gas Standards Act 1972 section 4; and
in the previous 12 months, did not consume, at any one site, more than 0.18 terajoules of gas;
consumer installation means a gas installation or gas appliance at a site owned or occupied by a consumer;
contribution, in relation to a gas producer, means an amount made available by the gas producer for the purposes of funding the rectification programme;
Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Energy Coordination Act 1994 Part 2;
Director means the Director of Energy Safety referred to in the Energy Coordination Act 1994 section 5;
gas appliance has the meaning given in the Gas Standards Act 1972 section 4;
gas installation has the meaning given in the Gas Standards Act 1972 section 4;
lower heating value gas means gas with a heating value that does not meet the heating value standards set out in the Gas Standards (Gas Supply and System Safety) Regulations 2000 regulation 5(2)(a) and (d), as in force immediately before 1 January 2009;
rectification programme has the meaning given in section 23(2);
reimbursement period means the period —
beginning on the day determined under section 29; and
ending on the day before the tenth anniversary of the day referred to in paragraph (a);
site, in relation to a consumer, means a place to which gas is supplied to the consumer through a connection point to a gas distribution system.
For the purposes of this Part, any amount made available by a gas producer and credited to the Account before the commencement of this Part is to be taken to be a contribution from a gas producer.
A reference in this Part to the cost of the rectification programme is a reference to the total of all amounts charged to the Account, whether before or after the commencement of the this Part, other than amounts charged for the purposes of section 25(1)(a).
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