Pipeline impact agreements — dispute resolution
9 Pipeline impact agreements — dispute resolution
The regulations may provide for and in relation to the resolution of —
disputes between gas producers and operators of PIA pipelines relating to pipeline impact agreements and proposed pipeline impact agreements; and
disputes relating to the reduction of the flow of gas, or the allocation of gas, under section 6(3).
The regulations may do the following —
provide for the resolution of those disputes by an arbitrator;
provide for disputes about the relevant effects on the capacity, operations and maintenance of a PIA pipeline to be resolved by the determination of an expert chosen in accordance with the regulations and for such determinations to be final and binding on the parties to the dispute;
provide for the interests of users of gas transmission pipelines to be taken into account.
If, in the resolution of a dispute, an expert or an arbitrator determines terms of a pipeline impact agreement or proposed pipeline impact agreement, those terms become part of the agreement or proposed agreement the subject of the dispute.
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