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PIPELINE AUTHORITY AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 109, 1980 - SECT 11

General powers of Authority
11. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting "The Authority" and substituting "Subject to sub-section (2),
the Authority"; and

   (b)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:



"(2) The Authority shall not construct a pipeline in Australia or on the
Australian continental shelf or the continental shelf of the Territory of
Ashmore and Cartier Islands unless the Parliament has, by an Act of the
Parliament, authorized the construction of the pipeline.



"(3) A Bill to authorize the construction of a pipeline by the Authority shall
contain provisions relating to the following matters:

   (a)  a detailed description of the route of the proposed pipeline;

   (b)  the limit of deviation; and

   (c)  the estimated cost of the proposed pipeline.". 


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