Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 No. 5 of 1984 - SECT 9

9. (1) For the purposes of this Act, a reference to a planning period in
relation to a period of national liquid fuel emergency is a reference to a
period forming part of that period of national liquid fuel emergency that the
Minister, by instrument in writing, determines in accordance with this section
to be a planning period in relation to that period of national liquid fuel
emergency.

(2) A period determined by the Minister under sub-section (1) to be a planning
period in relation to a period of national liquid fuel emergency shall
commence on a date specified by the Minister in the determination and shall
end on a date specified by the Minister in the determination or, if the
period of national liquid fuel emergency terminates before the last-mentioned
date, on the date on which the period of national liquid fuel emergency
terminates.

(3) As soon as practicable after the Minister makes a determination under
sub-section (1), he shall cause a copy of the determination-

   (a)  to be published in the Gazette; and

   (b)  to be served in a manner specified in the regulations upon the Energy
        Minister for each State and Territory.