New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Act means the Gas Act 1992
affected party, in relation to any part of the transmission system affected by a critical contingency, means,—
(a) if the part of the transmission system is governed by MPOC, an interconnected party that has a contingency imbalance; and
(b) for all other parts of the transmission system, an interconnected party or shipper that has a contingency imbalance
business day means any day of the week except—
(a) Saturday and Sunday; and
(b) any day that Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, the Sovereign's birthday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, the day after New Year's Day, and Waitangi Day are observed for statutory holiday purposes; and
(c) any other day that the industry body has determined not to be a business day as published by the industry body
civil defence emergency means an emergency that results in a declaration of a state of national emergency or a declaration of a state of local emergency under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 or any equivalent declaration under any subsequent replacement legislation
commencement date means the date referred to in regulation 2(2)
Commission means the Energy Commission to be established under section 43ZZH of the Act
communications plan means the plan published by the critical contingency operator under regulation 35
consumer—
(a) means any person who is supplied, or applies to be supplied, with gas (other than a domestic consumer); but
(b) does not include a transmission system owner or any gas distributor or retailer, except to the extent that the transmission system owner, gas distributor, or retailer is supplied, or applies to be supplied, with gas for its own consumption and not for the purposes of resupply to any other person
consumer installation means 1 or more gas installations that have a single point of connection to a distribution system or the transmission system and for which there is, or previously has been, a single consumer
contingency imbalance means either a negative contingency imbalance or a positive contingency imbalance as defined in regulation 74(2)
critical contingency means a critical contingency as determined by the critical contingency operator in accordance with regulation 48
critical contingency management plan means a plan approved by the industry body under regulation 30 or 31
critical contingency operator means the person appointed in accordance with regulation 6(1)
critical contingency operator service provider agreement means the agreement between the industry body and a person in respect of that person's appointment as the critical contingency operator
critical contingency price means a price determined by the industry expert under regulations 71 and 72
curtailment arrangements means the curtailment arrangements set out in Schedule 2
curtailment band means a curtailment band as specified in the curtailment arrangements
director of civil defence emergency management means the director appointed under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 or any person appointed to an equivalent or replacement role under any subsequent replacement legislation
electricity system operator means the service provider for the time being who is appointed as system operator pursuant to the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003, or any person appointed to an equivalent or replacement role under any subsequent replacement legislation
essential service provider means a consumer that has been approved as an essential service provider under regulation 44 or 46
expert adviser means a person appointed by the industry body under regulation 27 to be the expert adviser in relation to a proposed critical contingency management plan or a proposed amendment to a critical contingency management plan
financial year means the financial year of the industry body, as published by the industry body from time to time
gas gate means the point of connection between—
(a) the transmission system and a distribution system; or
(b) the transmission system and a consumer installation; or
(c) 2 distribution systems
gas producer has the same meaning as in section 43D(1) of the Act, but in respect of Maui gas means the Crown
go-live date means the day referred to in regulation 2(1)
industry body means—
(a) the industry body approved by Order in Council under section 43ZL of the Act; or
(b) in the event that the approval of the industry body is revoked under section 43ZM of the Act and no other industry body is approved, the Commission
industry expert means a person appointed by the industry body in accordance with regulation 69
information guide means the guide published by the critical contingency operator under regulation 36
interconnected party means any person who has an interconnection agreement with a transmission system owner to take gas from, or inject gas into, an interconnection point on the transmission system
interconnection point means the point of connection between—
(a) the transmission system and a distribution system; or
(b) the transmission system and a consumer installation; or
(c) the transmission system and a gas producing, processing, or storage facility; or
(d) 2 parts of the transmission system, as those points are identified in the map published by the industry body in accordance with regulation 10
large consumer means a consumer that is supplied gas at a consumer installation that is connected directly to the transmission system and has the potential to consume gas at rates that in aggregate exceed 15 terajoules a day
Maui Pipeline Operating Code or MPOC means the code, issued by the owners of that part of the transmission system identified as the Maui pipeline on the map published in accordance with regulation 10, covering operation of the Maui pipeline, as amended from time to time
minimal load consumer means a person approved by a retailer to be a minimal load consumer in accordance with regulation 45 or 46
National Gas Outage Contingency Plan or NGOCP means the document entitled Gas Contingency Plan: A Plan for the New Zealand Natural Gas Industry to Manage the Interruption to Gas Supplies, version 2.3, issued by the National Gas Outage Planning Group and dated 1 December 2005
OATIS means the online interactive open access transmission information system, or any other replacement information system, that is used to facilitate information exchange in respect of the open access regime under MPOC and VTC
obligations, in relation to a person, includes the duties, rights, powers, functions, and responsibilities of the person
publish means,—
(a) after the commencement date and before the go-live date, in respect of information to be published by the industry body, to make such information available on the industry body’s Internet site; and
(b) on and after the go-live date, in respect of information to be published by the industry body or the critical contingency operator, to make such information available on the critical contingency Internet site established in accordance with regulation 9; and
(c) for all other information, to make available to the intended recipient in such manner as may be determined by the industry body from time to time
retailer—
(a) means any person who supplies gas to another person or other persons through the transmission system, or through a distribution system where that gas has been transported through the transmission system, for any purpose other than for resupply by the other person or persons; but
(b) does not include a gas producer in respect of the supply of gas to a large consumer
shipper means a person who is a party to an agreement with a transmission system owner to have gas transported through all or part of the transmission system
switch means a switch as defined in the Gas (Switching Arrangements) Rules 2008
system operator means a person who controls the physical operation of all or any part of the transmission system
transmission system means the system—
(a) comprising those high pressure transmission pipelines from the point where the gas leaves a gas processing facility to an interconnection point for distribution or, where the gas does not enter a distribution system, to a consumer; and
(b) as depicted in the map published by the industry body in accordance with regulation 10
transmission system code means any code that sets out detailed rules covering access, use, and operation of part or all of a transmission system, as amended from time to time
transmission system owner means any person or persons who own all or any part of the transmission system; and includes any agent of the transmission system owner
Vector Transmission Code or VTC means the code, issued by the owners of that part of the transmission system identified as the Vector pipeline on the map published in accordance with regulation 10, covering operation of the Vector pipeline, as amended from time to time.
