Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (GRANTS) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 173 of 1980 - SECT 5

5. After section 3 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:
Natural gas areas

"3A. (1) The Minister may, by instrument under his hand published in the
Gazette, declare a specified part of Australia to be a natural gas area for
the purposes of this Act.



"(2) A declaration shall not be made under sub-section (1) declaring a part of
Australia to be a natural gas area unless the Minister is satisfied that
natural gas is readily available for use in that part of Australia.



"(3) A declaration under sub-section (1) made before 1 April 1981 may be
expressed to have had effect from and including 30 September 1980. Prescribed
industries

"3B. (1) The Minister may, by instrument under his hand published in the
Gazette, declare a specified industry or a specified part of an industry to be
a prescribed industry for the purposes of this Act.



"(2) If, before 1 April 1981, the Minister, in pursuance of sub-section (1),
declares-

   (a)  the manufacture in a particular manner (being a manner that involves
        the use of liquefied petroleum gas or eligible reticulation gas in a
        particular way) of a specified basic chemical or of a specified
        chemical product;

   (b)  the mining of oil or gas; or

   (c)  the refining of petroleum, to be a prescribed industry for the
        purposes of this Act, the declaration may be expressed to have had
        effect from and including 30 September 1980.".