Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 No. 5 of 1984 - SECT 18

18. (1) During a period of national liquid fuel emergency, the Minister may,
for the purpose of dealing with a shortage or likely shortage of relevant
liquid fuel, by instrument in writing served upon a relevant fuel industry
corporation, direct that corporation to cause a specified quantity of liquid
fuel of a specified kind that is held by the corporation at a place in
Australia that is specified in the instrument to be transferred on or before
such date as is specified in the instrument to another place in Australia that
is specified in the instrument, being a place at which the corporation has
adequate facilities to hold the quantity of liquid fuel to be transferred and
not being a place that, in a case where-

   (a)  the first-mentioned place is situated in a State or the Northern
        Territory; and

   (b)  the transfer is for purposes that do not include any or all of the
        following purposes:

        (i)    purposes related to the defence of Australia;

        (ii)   purposes related to the provision of fuel for ships and
               aircraft engaged in trade and commerce-

                (A)  between Australia and places outside Australia;

                (B)  among the States; or

                (C)  between a State and a Territory or between Territories;

        (iii)  purposes related to the export of liquid fuel from Australia;

        (iv)   purposes related to the carrying on of an activity to which
               paragraph 11 (3) (d) applies, is situated in the same State or
               Territory as the first-mentioned place.

(2) A relevant fuel industry corporation shall not refuse or fail, without
reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction given to it under sub-section
(1).