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Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Gas pipeline services - Services controlled by virtue of Commerce (Control of Natural Gas Services) Order 2005

55G: Existing order, authorisations, and undertakings continue to apply until 1 July 2012 (or earlier expiry)

You could also call this:

"Old rules keep working until 1 July 2012 or when they expire"

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You are looking at a law called the Commerce Act 1986. This law has a part that talks about services controlled by the Commerce (Control of Natural Gas Services) Order 2005. This order will keep working until it expires or is revoked, or until 1 July 2012, whichever comes first.

The Commerce Amendment Act 2008 does not change anything about the order before it expires. This means that any rules or promises made before 1 April 2009 will still apply. You can still make new promises, and you can take action if someone breaks the rules.

If someone breaks the order after 1 April 2009, it can be dealt with in the same way as if they broke a special price-quality path rule, under Part 6 of the law.

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Part 4Regulated goods or services
Gas pipeline services: Services controlled by virtue of Commerce (Control of Natural Gas Services) Order 2005

55GExisting order, authorisations, and undertakings continue to apply until 1 July 2012 (or earlier expiry)

  1. This section provides how price-quality regulation under this Part applies to services that are controlled by virtue of the Commerce (Control of Natural Gas Services) Order 2005 (the order).

  2. The order continues in force, despite the repeal of Part 4 (as it was before its repeal by the Commerce Amendment Act 2008), until the date on which the order expires or is revoked (the expiry date).

  3. The enactment of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 does not limit or affect, before the expiry date, any of the following in respect of the gas pipeline services that are controlled by virtue of the order:

  4. any authorisation made (including the ability to amend or revoke an authorisation), or any undertaking obtained or accepted, under Part 5 before 1 April 2009; or
    1. the power of the Commission to obtain or accept any further undertakings under Part 5; or
      1. any action that may be commenced or continued in respect of a breach of any authorisation or undertaking.

        1. To avoid doubt, subsection (3) applies as if the provisions of Parts 4 to 6 had not been amended or repealed by the Commerce Amendment Act 2008.

        2. However, any breach of the order after 1 April 2009 may be dealt with under Part 6 as if it were a breach of a customised price-quality path.

        Notes
        • Section 55G: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).