Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIQUID FUEL EMERGENCY ACT 1984

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Short title.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Extension of Act to external Territories  
   5.      Act to bind Crown  
   6.      Operation of Act  
   7.      Additional operation of Act in relation to relevant fuel industry corporations  
   8.      Additional operation of Act in relation to relevant persons  
   9.      Minister may determine planning periods  
   10.     Bulk customers of relevant fuel industry corporations or of relevant persons  
   11.     Essential users, or high priority users, of refined liquid petroleum products  
   12.     Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations to maintain reserves, &c.  
   13.     Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations to develop bulk allocation procedures  
   14.     Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations and others to maintain statistical information  
   15.     Minister may enter into arrangements for carrying out measures to enable the implementation of directions under sections 23 and 24  
   16.     Declaration of national liquid fuel emergency  
   17.     Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations to maintain reserves, &c., during a national liquid fuel emergency  
   18.     Minister may direct transfer of liquid fuel  
   19.     Minister may direct release or sale of liquid fuel  
   20.     Minister may give directions as to output from refineries  
   21.     Minister may give directions with respect to allocation by corporations of liquid fuel to bulk customers  
   22.     Minister may give directions with respect to allocation by relevant persons of liquid fuel to bulk customers  
   23.     Minister may give directions to corporations regulating or prohibiting supply of liquid fuel  
   24.     Minister may give directions to relevant persons regulating or prohibiting supply of liquid fuel  
   25.     Directions under section 21, 22, 23 or 24 not to regulate price  
   26.     Certain directions to be published  
   27.     Directions to cease to be in force when Proclamation ceases to be in force  
   28.     Ancillary contraventions of relevant provisions of Act  
   29.     Appointment of authorized persons  
   30.     Power to require persons to furnish information and produce documents  
   31.     Inspection  
   32.     Seizure  
   33.     Persons to assist authorized persons  
   34.     Pecuniary penalties  
   35.     Civil action for recovery of pecuniary penalties  
   36.     Criminal proceedings not to be brought for contraventions of relevant provisions of this Act  
   37.     Injunctions  
   38.     Forfeiture  
   39.     Indictable offences  
   40.     Conduct by servants or agents of bodies corporate  
   41.     Parliament may disallow certain instruments made under this Act  
   42.     Consultation between Ministers concerning emergency procedures  
   43.     Application of other Acts to certain instruments under this Act  
   44.     Reconsideration and review of decisions  
   45.     Compensation for acquisition of property  
   46.     Compensation for compliance with directions under Part II or III  
   47.     Exemption from suit  
   48.     Jurisdiction of courts  
   49.     Delegation  
   50.     Service  
   51.     Operation of State and Territory laws  
   52.     Directions to prevail over inconsistent Commonwealth, State or Territory law  
   53.     Act not to confer powers on State or Northern Territory Energy Ministers by implication  
   54.     Cessation of operation of Act  
   55.     Repeal of Liquid Fuel (Defence Stocks) Act 1949  
   56.     Regulations