The
National Gas Access (WA) Act 2009 (
NGA) became fully operational 1 January 2010. Information about this legislation can be found
here.
Access to gas pipelines was previously regulated under the
Gas Pipeline Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 that implemented the National Gas Pipeline Access Law including the
National Third Party Access Code for
Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (
Gas Code) in Western Australia.
Transitional Issues
Goldfields Gas Transmission Pty Ltd (GGT), on behalf of Southern Cross Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd, Southern Cross Pipelines (NPL) Australia Pty Ltd and Alinta DEWAP Pty Ltd, lodged a revision for the Goldfields Gas Pipeline on 23 March 2009.
The implications for this lodgement are that the previous Gas Pipeline Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 and Gas Code continue to be applicable for the finalisation of these revision processes, as provided for by Schedule 3 of the NGA.
The resulting Access Arrangement will be dealt with as if the Gas Code, including in relation to review, continues to apply (National Gas Law, Schedule 3, Part 4) until a revision is submitted under the NGA. A revision is scheduled for 1 January 2015.
For further historical information please see the below links:
