Western Australian Current Acts

GAS CORPORATION (BUSINESS DISPOSAL) ACT 1999 - NOTES

Notes

This is a compilation of the Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 6	58 of 1999	24 Dec 1999	Act other than Pt. 6 Div. 2-5: 24 Dec 1999 (see s. 2(1)); Pt. 6 Div. 4: 1 Jan 2000 (see s. 2(7)); Pt. 6 Div. 2: 1 Jul 2000 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 4 Jul 2000 p. 3545); Pt. 6 Div. 3: 16 Dec 2000 (see s. 2(5) and Gazette 15 Dec 2000 p. 7201)
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 Pt. 28	10 of 2001	28 Jun 2001	15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 51(4) and 58	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Reprint 1: The Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 as at 18 Nov 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Planning and Development (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005 s. 15	38 of 2005	12 Dec 2005	9 Apr 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Mar 2006 p. 1078)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4 and Sch. 1 cl. 72	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 16	47 of 2011	25 Oct 2011	26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 2: The Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 as at 29 Aug 2014 (includes amendments listed above)
Directors’ Liability Reform Act 2023 Pt. 3 Div. 31	9 of 2023	4 Apr 2023	5 Apr 2023 (see s. 2(j))

Other notes

¹ Repealed by s. 93 of this Act (omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f)).

² Now known as the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems (Access) Act 1994.

³ Formerly referred to the Energy Corporations (Powers) Act 1979, the short title of which was changed to the Energy Operators (Powers) Act 1979 by the Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 s. 78. The reference was amended under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

⁴ Deleted by the National Gas Access (WA) Act 2009 s. 50.

⁵ Now known as the Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998.

⁶ The Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 Pt. 6 Div. 5 did not come into operation and was deleted by the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 58(3).

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)
acquire 3
asset 14
assignee 14
bound recipient 29(1)
Coordinator of Energy 25(3)
cornerstone investor 3, 5(5)
corporate vehicle 3, 5(2)
corporation 3
dispose of 3
distribution area 38(4)
Electricity Corporation 16(3)
entitled 3
liability 14, 31(3)
relevant day 25(3)
relevant official 20(3)
relevant property 20(3)
right 14
section 6 disposal 3
securities 3
specified 16(3)
specified percentage 3, 5(5)
subsidiary 3
supply business 25(3)
tariff consumer 25(3)
transfer order 14
transfer time 14