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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICING ACT 1981 No. 117, 1981 - SECT 21

Interim price increases

21. (1) The Authority may, at any time, on the application of-

   (a)  a declared company that has given to the Authority a notice referred
        to in paragraph 19 (1) (a), 19 (2) (a) or 19 (3) (c); or

   (b)  a company that has been served with a notice referred to in
        sub-section 20 (1), give to the company a notice stating that the
        company is permitted, from a specified date until-

   (c)  in the case of a company referred to in paragraph (a), the day on
        which the prescribed period for the purposes of section 19 expires; or

   (d)  in the case of a company referred to in paragraph (b), the prescribed
        day for the purposes of section 20, to supply petroleum products or
        services of a particular description in a specified locality on
        specified terms and conditions at the price or prices specified in the
        notice.

(2) The Authority may at any time revoke a notice given under this section,
and the notice shall cease to be in effect from the day on which it is
revoked.

(3) Where a notice is given to a company under this section and while the
notice continues to be in effect the company is not guilty of an offence
against section 19 or 20 by reason only of supplying petroleum products or
services in accordance with the notice. 


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