LPGA Responds to CC Draft
Order
The LPGA technical management committee’s
Competition Commission (CC) working group met in October with
representatives of ALGED to discuss its response to the CC’s
findings on domestic bulk lpg supply and to agree a set of guiding
principles for the transfer of bulk vessels (recognising that
the draft order since published may affect these).
It was considered
that the outgoing supplier should be responsible for emergency
callouts during the 14 days allowed for the change
of signage, and that there should be an exchange of WSEs between
known suppliers to be used as ‘control documents’.
If an original tank certificate is not available but the vessel
can be positively identified, a certificate will not be necessary
and could be established during initial site survey.
All CP commissioning
and subsequent CP test results should be transferred. Tanks up
to one year out of test should be accepted
at the CC’s lowest price, and tanks more than one year
out of test should be considered to have no value.
Unless stated
otherwise in the contract, pipework downstream of the fittings
on the tank or its plinth will be considered
as the customer’s, and minor non-compliance installations
should not be a barrier to transfer. A checklist to be used at
the initial inspection will be circulated.
The group also suggested
that the vessel price be non negotiable and that the CC’s ‘backstop’ price
apply to avoid disagreements. The CC’s order is expected
to be published early in the New Year.
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