Section 53SCompetition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Agreements

(1) A gas market code may include rules about agreements relating to supplying or acquiring a gas commodity, including:

(a) rules requiring a gas market participant to enter, or not to enter, into an agreement in specified circumstances; or

(b) rules about any of the following matters:

(i) the manner in which an agreement is made (for example, in writing);

(ii) matters dealt with in an agreement, including, in the case of an agreement to supply or acquire a gas commodity, the matters mentioned in subsection (2);

(iii) withdrawing from or ending an agreement.

Example: Rules requiring specified matters to be dealt with, or not dealt with, in an agreement.

(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), the matters are the following:

(a) how much of the gas commodity is to be supplied or acquired;

(b) flexibility of the volume of the gas commodity to be supplied or acquired;

(c) where the gas commodity is to be supplied or acquired;

(d) when the gas commodity is to be supplied or acquired;

(e) payment terms;

(f) a communication protocol for major interruptions to the supply of the gas commodity;

(g) the period of the agreement;

(h) the consequences of a breach of the agreement;

(i) dispute resolution.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 22 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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