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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill
2017
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(Environment and Energy)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Liquid Fuel
Emergency Act 1984, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
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Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2017
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Liquid Fuel
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Emergency Act 1984, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
1 January 2018.
1 January 2018
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
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1 At the end of the title
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Add ", and for related purposes".
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2 Subsection 3(1) (definition of Agreement)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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Agreement means the Agreement on an International Energy
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Program done at Paris on 18 November 1974, as in force from time
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to time.
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Note:
The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 1979 No. 7 ([1979] ATS
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7) and could in 2017 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on
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the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
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3 Subsection 3(1)
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Insert:
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emergency reserve commitment has the meaning given by Article
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2 of the Agreement.
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oil stocks means oil stocks under Article 1 of the Annex to the
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Agreement which can be credited toward Australia's emergency
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reserve commitment in accordance with the Agreement.
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4 After Part IV
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Insert:
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Part IVA--Power to reserve or purchase oil stocks
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40A Reservation or purchase of oil stocks
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(1) For the purpose of giving effect to the Agreement, the Secretary
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may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into a contract
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(including a ticketing contract) with an Australian or foreign entity
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for:
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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(a) the reservation for the Commonwealth of oil stocks owned by
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the Australian or foreign entity; or
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(b) the purchase of oil stocks by the Commonwealth from the
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Australian or foreign entity.
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(2) Subsection (1) does not impliedly limit the executive power of the
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Commonwealth to enter into agreements.
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5 Section 46A (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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46A Exemption from suit--Ministers, Secretary and delegates
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6 After paragraph 46A(b)
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Insert:
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(c) the Secretary;
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(d) a person to whom the Secretary's power under
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subsection 40A(1) (about entering into contracts for the
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reservation or purchase of oil stocks) is delegated under
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subsection 49(6);
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7 At the end of section 49
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Add:
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Delegation by the Secretary
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(6) The Secretary may, by writing, delegate the Secretary's power
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under subsection 40A(1) (about entering into contracts for the
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reservation or purchase of oil stocks) to an SES employee, or an
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acting SES employee, in the Department.
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(7) In exercising powers under a delegation under subsection (6), the
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delegate must comply with any directions of the Secretary.
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Note:
The expressions SES employee and acting SES employee are defined
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in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
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