New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

5 Interpretation

• (1) Regulation 4(1) is amended by inserting the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical order:

  “critical contingency operator means the service provider appointed by the industry body under regulation 6 of the Gas Governance (Critical Contingency Management) Regulations 2008”.

  (2) Regulation 4(1) is amended by revoking the definition of participant and substituting the following definition:

  “participant—

  • “(a) means an industry participant, as defined in section 43D of the Act; and

  • “(b) includes any of the following, as those terms are defined in the rules:

    • “(i) a registry participant and the registry operator; or

    • “(ii) a facility owner; or

    • “(iii) an allocation participant and the allocation agent; and

  • “(c) for the purposes of the monitoring and enforcement of the Gas Governance (Critical Contingency Management) Regulations 2008, also includes a transmission system owner, retailer, shipper, interconnected party, consumer, industry expert, expert adviser, and the critical contingency operator, as defined in those regulations”.

  (3) The definition of rules in regulation 4(1) is amended by adding “; and” and also by adding the following paragraph:

  • “(d) the Gas Governance (Critical Contingency Management) Regulations 2008”.