Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICING ACT 1981 No. 117, 1981 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''associate Commissioner'' means an associate Commissioner of the Authority;

''Authority'' means the Petroleum Products Pricing Authority established by
this Act;

''Commissioner'' means the Commissioner for Petroleum Products Pricing
appointed under section 5;

''company'' means a body corporate that-

   (a)  is a foreign corporation;

   (b)  is a trading or financial corporation incorporated or deemed to be
        incorporated under the law relating to companies in force in a State
        or in a Territory forming part of Australia; or

   (c)  is a holding company of a body corporate of a kind referred to in
        paragraph (a) or (b);

''declared company'' means a company declared by the Minister by notice
published in the Gazette to be a declared company for the purposes of this
Act;

''meeting'', in relation to the Authority when constituted by the Commissioner
and an associate Commissioner or associate Commissioners, includes a sitting
of the Authority when so constituted for the purpose of taking evidence or
receiving submissions in an inquiry;

''petroleum'' means-

   (a)  any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or
        solid state;

   (b)  any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous,
        liquid or solid state; or

   (c)  any naturally occurring mixture of one or more hydrocarbons, whether
        in a gaseous, liquid or solid state, and one or more of the following,
        that is to say, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and carbon
        dioxide;

''petroleum product'' means any product derived from petroleum but does not
include-

   (a)  petroleum;

   (b)  any product specified in the Schedule; or

   (c)  any product that the Minister has, by notice in writing published in
        the Gazette, declared not to be a petroleum product for the purposes
        of this Act;

''prices justification inquiry'' means an inquiry of the kind referred to in
paragraph 16 (2) (a);

''services'' means services related to the production or supply of petroleum
products and includes the rights or benefits provided under an agreement for
the performance of work (otherwise than under a contract of service), whether
with or without the supply of goods.