Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 No. 5 of 1984 - SECT 25

25. (1) A direction under sub-section 21 (2) or 22 (2) requiring a refined
liquid petroleum product to be made available for purchase in a State or
Territory shall not make provision for the determination of the price, or the
maximum price, at which persons to whom that direction is given-

   (a)  may make that product available for purchase in that State or
        Territory in accordance with that direction; or

   (b)  may make available for purchase services in connection with the making
        available for purchase of that product in that State or Territory in
        accordance with that direction.

(2) A direction under sub-section 23 (2) or 24 (2) regulating or prohibiting
the supply of a refined liquid petroleum product shall not make provision for
the determination of the price, or the maximum price, at which persons to whom
that direction is given-

   (a)  may supply that product in accordance with that direction; or

   (b)  may supply services in connection with the supply of that product in
        accordance with that direction.

(3) It is the intention of the Parliament that, without limiting the
generality of section 51, this Act shall not apply to the exclusion of a law
of a State or Territory in so far as that law makes-

   (a)  in relation to a refined liquid petroleum product in respect of which
        a direction might be given under sub-section 21 (2) or 22
        (2)-provision of the kind referred to in sub-section (1) of this
        section; or

   (b)  in relation to a refined liquid petroleum product of a kind in respect
        of which a direction might be given under sub-section 23 (2) or 24
        (2)-provision of the kind referred to in sub-section (2) of this
        section.