Western Australian Current Acts

NATIONAL GAS ACCESS (WA) ACT 2009 - SECT 10

10 .         Making regulations

        (1)         The Governor, acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, may make regulations contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for giving effect to, the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may prescribe fees in respect of any matter under the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law, and provide for the waiver or refund of such fees.

        (3)         Regulations under this Part may —

            (a)         be of general or limited application;

            (b)         vary according to the persons, times, places or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply;

            (c)         in relation to fees, prescribe differential fees or provide for fees to be determined according to prescribed factors.

        (4)         Once the Governor has made a regulation prescribing 1 or more pipelines to be designated pipelines for the purposes of the definition of designated pipeline in section 2 of the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law, the Governor cannot make another regulation that prescribes any other pipeline to be a designated pipeline.

        (5)         Regulations under this Part may be made only on the unanimous recommendation of the Ministers of the participating jurisdictions.

        (6)         Regulations under this Part have to be published in the Government Gazette .