Change in Natural Gas Market Certificate Application

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Lerato Khumalo

The Regulation on Amendment of EMRA’s Natural Gas Market Certificate Regulation entered into force after being published in the current issue of the Official Gazette.

Accordingly, intervention in gas lines without the permission of the relevant distribution company, the network, meter or installation to cause the use of illegal natural gas to cause the use of natural gas, using non -standard material to endanger the safety of life, the necessary measures to be changed in the steps to be changed in case of this verb.

In this case, it was decided that the new application files of the relevant company will not be accepted until the Board made a decision on the issue after the distribution company has notified the situation to EMRA with concrete information and documents.

In addition, the investigation and investigation on these issues, EMRA by the periods of the periods in the legislation will be counted as priority work was added.

However, EMRA will be able to decide to cancel the relevant certificate without the need for a written warning as a result of the investigation.

In case of cancellation of the certificate by the Board, the certificate will be notified to the relevant distribution company and other distribution companies in writing by EMRA and employees who have been found to be responsible for the act of the actual person partners and real person partners and the actual cancellation of the certificate.

In addition, the authority has been changed in stopping authority. In addition to the previously specified articles within the scope of the activities carried out within the scope of the internal installation and service lines certificate, the distribution company shall not be able to produce internal installations without project approval or establish the transaction contrary to the information provided to the distribution company for the project approval.

In addition, if the verbs specified in the first paragraph of the relevant article are carried out twice during the certificate period of the same paragraph, the distribution company will have to notify EMRA within the scope of the relevant legislation violation within 5 working days from the date of detection with the relevant information and documents.

The certificate owner, who has been prevented from submitting a new application file, will continue the production and gas opening works of the previously approved projects by the distribution company under the supervision of the relevant distribution company. In case of correction of the relevant legislation by the certificate owner, the authority will be reopened by the distribution company simultaneously after notification.