Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (Act No. 60 of 2003)NoticesPetroleum Pipelines Act: Rules, 2026Chapter 2 : Applications and Objections to Licence Applications7. Application for a licence |
| (1) | An application for a licence must be made in writing, in Form B and must contain all information specified therein. |
| (2) | An applicant for a licence may request the confidential treatment of information in the licence application, in which case the licence application must be submitted together with: |
| (a) | an application for the confidential treatment of information which complies with Rule 4 of these Rules; and |
| (3) | Based on NERSA's assessment and evaluation of an application, an applicant may, in accordance with section 18(b) of the Act, be requested by the Energy Regulator to alter its application. |
| (4) | NERSA will, within 30 days of receipt of an application inform an applicant in writing through an Adequacy Assessment whether the application meets the licence application requirements specified in these Rules and is therefore accepted by NERSA. |
| (5) | Should an applicant fail to respond to the required information specified in the Adequacy Assessment within the specified period, the application will be considered incomplete. If an application is incomplete, NERSA will issue the applicant with a Notice of an Incomplete Licence Application (Form C). |
| (6) | If the application is adequate, the applicant will be required to pay an application fee as outlined in the Application Fees Procedure. |
| (7) | A tariff is a condition of an operation licence, therefore all tariff applications must be submitted at least six months prior to the date on which the tariff to be approved or set is to take effect. The tariff to be approved or set is a maximum tariff exclusive of value added tax (VAT) and remains until a new tariff takes effect. |
| (8) | In addition to the information specified in Form B as contemplated in sub-rule (1) above, the following information must be submitted with all tariff applications: |
| (a) | electronic models containing all calculations; |
| (b) | for pipeline tariffs, all information required in terms of NERSA's Tariff Methodology for the Petroleum Pipelines Industry to enable NERSA to set the tariffs for the pipeline; |
| (c) | for tariffs for storage facilities and loading facilities: |
| (i) | proposed tariffs and details regarding the Methodology used to determine such tariffs, which Methodology must comply with the Regulations made in terms of the Act, and |
| (ii) | all information necessary to enable NERSA to apply the it's Tariff Methodology inclusive of the information tabled below; and |
| (d) | any additional information requested by NERSA. |