Regulation 14
Data collection and transfer
Subregulation 1
No meter owner of a BPRM installation shall adopt or use any data coding and communications protocol for the BPRM installation for data collection and transfer unless the protocol has been approved by the designated gas transporter.
Subregulation 2
Every meter owner shall provide the necessary means of communications —
for every BPCM installation or DRCM installation he owns, to permit a relevant gas shipper to collect and provide the designated gas transporter with the necessary meter data from the relevant installation; or
for every BPRM installation he owns, to permit the designated gas transporter (where he is not the meter owner) to collect the necessary meter data from the BPRM installation.
Subregulation 3
In paragraph (2), “necessary means of communications” includes hand-held electronic data entry or data capture units with associated downloadable communications paths if these are required to meet the time limit for data capture and transfer.