Commerce (Part 4 Regulation—Gas Pipeline Services) Order 2014

2014/19

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Commerce (Part 4 Regulation—Gas Pipeline Services) Order 2014

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 17th day of February 2014

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 55A(5) of the Commerce Act 1986, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister of Commerce made in accordance with section 55A(6) of that Act, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

  • This order is the Commerce (Part 4 Regulation—Gas Pipeline Services) Order 2014.

2 Commencement

  • This order comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Schedule 6 of Commerce Act 1986 amended

  • In the Commerce Act 1986, Schedule 6, after the item relating to Cheal Petroleum Limited, insert:

    Contact Energy Limited Ahuroa Gas Storage Facility—Taranaki Combined Cycle and Stratford Peaker power stations gas pipeline

Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, adds the Ahuroa gas storage pipeline to Schedule 6 of the Commerce Act 1986.

The effect of adding this item is to exempt the pipeline from the requirements of information disclosure and price-quality regulation that apply in relation to gas pipeline services under subpart 10 of Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 February 2014.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.