Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 No. 5 of 1984 - SECT 14

14. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may, at any time, by
instrument in writing published in the Gazette, direct that each relevant fuel
industry corporation included in a class of relevant fuel industry
corporations specified in the instrument and each relevant person included in
a class of relevant persons specified in the instrument shall-

   (a)  maintain, after such date as is specified in the instrument, in such
        form as is specified in the instrument, such statistical information
        relating to liquid fuels that are from time to time after that date in
        the possession, or under the control, of that corporation or person as
        is specified in the instrument in relation to that class of
        corporations or that class of persons, as the case requires; and

   (b)  if required to do so, by instrument signed by the Minister and served
        upon the corporation or person, as the case requires-make available to
        the Minister and to the Energy Minister for each State or Territory
        (if any) that is specified in the last-mentioned instrument, by such
        date after the date referred to in paragraph (a) as is specified in
        the last-mentioned instrument, such of the statistical information
        that that corporation or person is required, in pursuance of paragraph
        (a), to maintain as is specified in the last-mentioned instrument.

(2) A relevant fuel industry corporation shall not, without reasonable excuse-

   (a)  refuse or fail to maintain statistical information in accordance with
        the requirements of a direction under sub-section (1) that is
        applicable to it; or

   (b)  refuse or fail to make statistical information available in accordance
        with an instrument served upon it in pursuance of such a direction.

(3) A relevant person shall not, without reasonable excuse-

   (a)  refuse or fail to maintain statistical information in accordance with
        the requirements of a direction under sub-section (1) that is
        applicable to him; or

   (b)  refuse or fail to make statistical information available in accordance
        with an instrument served upon the relevant person in pursuance of
        such a direction.

(4) A relevant fuel industry corporation shall not, in purported compliance
with a direction under sub-section (1) that is applicable to it or with an
instrument served upon it in pursuance of such a direction, maintain or make
available statistical information that is false or misleading in a material
particular.

Penalty: $50,000.

(5) A relevant person shall not, in purported compliance with a direction
under sub-section (1) that is applicable to him or with an instrument served
upon him in pursuance of such a direction, knowingly maintain or make
available statistical information that is false or misleading in a material
particular.

Penalty: $10,000, or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(6) The powers conferred by this section are in addition to, and not in
derogation of, the powers conferred by section 30.