Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Nothing in this
Act applies to or in relation to —
[(a) deleted]
(b) the
acts of transmitting gas through a pipeline where and to the extent that those
acts are performed by a pipeline licensee under the authority of the pipeline
licence granted to him;
(c) the
acts of gathering gas through a pipeline within the land comprised in an
exploration permit or a production licence granted under the Petroleum and
Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 , where and to the extent that those acts
are performed under the authority of that exploration permit or production
licence; or
(d)
liquid petroleum gas storage facilities —
(i)
in tanks having a water capacity exceeding 500 litres; or
(ii)
in cylinders having an aggregate water capacity exceeding
1 000 litres.
(2) The provisions of
sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 do not apply to or in relation to gas supplied
directly by a pipeline licensee to a consumer for industrial purposes in any
case where the gas is not supplied by means of a reticulation system generally
serving consumers in the same locality.
(3) The Governor may
from time to time, by proclamation, declare that all or any of the provisions
of this Act do not apply to or in relation to the manufacture or supply of any
gas which is not ordinarily used as a fuel by consumers generally and which is
specified in the proclamation.
(4) A proclamation
made under subsection (3) may —
(a) be
expressed to apply generally to the manufacture or supply of the gas or gases
therein specified; or
(b) be
expressed to apply only to the manufacture or the supply of the gas in
specified areas or when the gas is to be used for specified purposes.
(5) A proclamation
made under subsection (3) may be varied or revoked by a subsequent
proclamation.
[Section 5 amended: No. 87 of 1979 s. 5; No. 74 of
2003 s. 10(5); No. 35 of 2007 s. 95.]
[ 6. Deleted: No. 89 of 1994 s. 87.]