(1) The utility may to the extent it considers necessary take measures and require a shipper, bulk customer or distribution company to
(a) put in place emergency measures to avert or reduce the likelihood of or likely scale of an emergency;
(b) overcome or contain an emergency;
(c) avert or reduce the hazard presented by an emergency; and
(d) Restore natural gas supply and normal operation of the transmission system in the course of and after taking emergency measures.
(2) Emergency measures may include-action to be taken or not to be taken by the utility, a shipper, a bulk customer or distribution company as instructed by the utility
(3) The utility and each shipper, bulk customer or distribution company shall acknowledge that in an emergency their respective interests shall be subordinated to the need to take emergency measures in accordance with sub-rule (1).
(4) To ensure co-ordination of emergency measures, a shipper, bulk customer or distribution company shall only take emergency measures in accordance with sub-rule (1) and in accordance with instructions given by the utility.
(5) An emergency measure taken by the utility, a shipper, and bulk customer or distribution company in compliance with a requirement of sub-rule (I) shall not be considered to be a breach of these Rules, the framework agreement or an ancillary agreement.
(6) The utility shall not be in breach of its obligation to accept natural gas tendered for delivery to the transmission system at an entry point or to make natural gas available for off-take from the transmission system to the extent that, as a result of the emergency measures taken, natural gas tendered for delivery' is not accepted or natural gas is not made available for off-take.
(7) In the event of an emergency, the utility shall implement the relevant transmission system emergency procedures in addition to measures specified in Sub-rule (1)