Under the National Gas Pipelines Access Agreement each State and Territory received in principle approval for derogations and transitional measures appropriate to its circumstances. The derogations and transitional arrangements for Western Australia provided for in the Gas Pipelines Access (WA) Act 1998 are summarised as follows:

• a Western Australian Appeals Body (the WA Board of Review) deals with all administrative appeals against State bodies under the Code, including the Regulator and the State Minister where the Minister makes a determination in relation to pipeline coverage. Elsewhere in Australia the Australian Competition Tribunal conducts administrative appeals against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Federal Minister where this Minister makes a determination in relation to coverage of transmission pipelines;

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