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.