South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (GAS AND ELECTRICITY) ACT 2003 (NO 9 OF 2003) - SECT 55

55—Insertion of sections 78A and 78B

After section 78 insert:

78A—Delegation by Minister

        (1)         The Minister may delegate any of his or her functions or powers under this Act to a person or body of persons.

        (2)         A delegation under this section—

            (a)         must be in writing; and

            (b)         may be conditional or unconditional; and

            (c)         is revocable at will; and

            (d)         does not prevent the Minister from acting in any matter.

78B—Gas infrastructure and liability to council rates

        (1)         A gas entity has no liability to pay rates under the Local Government Act 1999 in relation to land where gas infrastructure of the entity is situated unless the entity would, apart from this section, have such liability as holder of an estate in fee simple in the land or as lessee under a lease expressly granted by a person with an interest in the land.

        (2)         In this section—

"gas infrastructure" has the meaning assigned to the term by section 4, but does not include a transmission pipeline.