Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 No. 5 of 1984 - SECT 13

13. (1) At any time (whether or not during a period of national liquid fuel
emergency), the Minister may, by instrument in writing-

   (a)  specify guidelines for the allocation, by relevant fuel industry
        corporations that are included within a class of
        relevant fuel industry corporations that is specified in the
        guidelines, of bulk supplies of a refined liquid petroleum product of
        a kind that is specified in the guidelines to persons who, or
        organizations that, in the event that the Governor-General declares
        that a national liquid fuel emergency will exist, will be likely to
        be, during the whole or a part of the period of the national
        liquid fuel emergency, bulk customers of those
        relevant fuel industry corporations in relation to that product;

   (b)  vary guidelines specified by him under this sub-section (including
        guidelines varied by virtue of a previous application or previous
        applications of this sub-section); and

   (c)  revoke guidelines specified by him under this sub-section (including
        guidelines varied by virtue of a previous application or previous
        applications of this sub-section).

(2) The Minister may, by instrument in writing published in the Gazette,
direct that each relevant fuel industry corporation that-

   (a)  is included in a class of relevant fuel industry corporations in
        relation to which guidelines specified under sub-section (1) are in
        force; and

   (b)  supplies a refined liquid petroleum product of a kind specified in
        those guidelines, shall furnish to the Minister, by such date as is
        specified in the instrument, in such form as is specified in the
        instrument, particulars of procedures developed by the corporation to
        enable it to allocate bulk supplies of that product in accordance with
        those guidelines.

(3) Where particulars of procedures are, in accordance with sub-section (2)
furnished to the Minister by a relevant fuel industry corporation, the
Minister shall, by instrument in writing served upon the corporation-

   (a)  if he is satisfied that the procedures will enable the corporation to
        allocate bulk supplies of the product in accordance with the relevant
        guidelines, approve those procedures; or

   (b)  if he is not so satisfied, for the purpose of ensuring that the
        corporation will develop procedures that will enable it so to allocate
        bulk supplies of the product, direct the corporation-

        (i)    to make such amendment or amendments of the procedures
               developed by it as is specified in the instrument; and

        (ii)   to furnish to him, by such date as is specified in the
               instrument, in such form as is specified in the instrument,
               particulars of the procedures as so amended.

(4) Where a relevant fuel industry corporation furnishes to the Minister, in
accordance with a direction applicable to that corporation under paragraph (3)
(b), particulars of procedures amended in the manner specified in the
direction, the Minister shall, by instrument in writing served upon the
corporation, approve the procedures as so amended.

(5) A relevant fuel industry corporation shall not refuse or fail, without
reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction applicable to it under
sub-section (2) or with a direction given to it under sub-section (3) in so
far as that last-mentioned direction required particular procedures to be
furnished to the Minister.