Section 136: General Duties of a Transportation Pipeline Owner.

The holder of a transportation pipeline licence shall undertake the activities contemplated by the licence in a manner that complies with the following general obligations—
(a) establish and make available to the public at its offices, the—
(i) procedure for obtaining and terminating transmission and interconnection services for natural gas, on a third party access or open access basis as determined in the licence and publish the tariffs established by the Authority, and
(ii) method of response to the request for its service;
(b) construct, operate and maintain its gas transportation pipeline in a safe, economical, and reliable manner taking into account any strategic plans formulated by the Authority;
(c) meet on a reasonable endeavours basis requests for transportation above contractual volumes;
(d) shut down its gas transportation pipeline in emergencies and in order to carry out maintenance or in response to curtailment directives issued by the Authority;
(e) provide access on a non-discriminatory basis under section 116 of this Act, where the licence is granted on a common carrier basis;
(f) consult with and obtain from the Authority written permission prior to any modification of technical and operational rule of practice concerning the operation of its pipeline;
(g) manage its gas transportation pipeline as a reasonable and prudent operator;
(h) where the pipeline is operated on a common carrier basis, ensure development and operation of terms for access to the gas transportation pipeline in conjunction with the natural gas shipping community and where applicable comply with the relevant network code;
(i) where the pipeline is operated for its own account, operate its facilities subject to third party access obligations under this Act and regulations prescribed by the Authority; and
(j) abstain from activities, which in the opinion of the Authority may prevent, restrict or distort competition.