12  Meaning of critical gas asset
  • (1)

    An asset is a critical gas asset if it is any of the following:

    • (a)

      a gas processing facility that has a capacity of at least 300 terajoules per day or any other capacity prescribed by the rules;

    • (b)

      a gas storage facility that has a maximum daily withdrawal capacity of at least 75 terajoules per day or any other maximum daily withdrawal capacity prescribed by the rules;

    • (c)

      a network or system for the distribution of gas to ultimately service at least 100,000 customers or any other number of customers prescribed by the rules;

    • (d)

      a gas transmission pipeline that is critical to ensuring the security and reliability of a gas market, in accordance with subsection (2);

    • (e)

      a control room, or any other asset, that is required to operate a gas transmission pipeline covered by paragraph (d).

    Note: The rules may prescribe that a specified critical gas asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section 9).

  • (2)

    For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the rules may prescribe:

    • (a)

      specified gas transmission pipelines that are critical to ensuring the security and reliability of a gas market; or

    • (b)

      requirements for a gas transmission pipeline to be critical to ensuring the security and reliability of a gas market.