In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have the meaning so assigned and unless the context indicates otherwise—

"administrative action"

means administrative action as defined in the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (Act No. 3 of 2000);

"backhauling"

means the delivery of gas in a direction opposite to the aggregate physical flow of gas in the pipeline, typically delivery is upstream from the point of receipt;

"consumer"

means a person who uses gas except for those who purchase gas from a reticulator;

"Gas Regulator"

means the National Energy Regulator established by section 3 of the National Energy Regulator Act;

"linepacking"

means increasing the quantities of gas in the pipeline for purpose of storage or as a buffer for continuous supply by increasing the pressure;

"liquefaction plant"

means a plant for liquefaction activities and includes any equipment incidental thereto;

"National Energy Regulator Act"

means the National Energy Regulator Act, 2004 (Act No. 40 of 2004);

"Promotion of Access to Information Act"

means the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 3 of 2000);

"re-gasification plant"

means a plant for re-gasification activities and includes any equipment incidental thereto;

"related undertakings"

means any undertaking in which a licensee owns a controlling shareholding, interest or similar right in subsidiaries, parent companies or joint-venture partnerships;

"subsidiary"

means a subsidiary as contemplated in the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973);

"the Act"

means the Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001);

"the agreement"

means the agreement defined in section 36(1) of the Act.