Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Without limiting
the generality of section 10, the regulations may deal with matters of a
transitional nature relating to the transition from the application of
provisions of the Gas Pipelines Access Law to the application of provisions of
the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law.
(2) Any provision of
the regulations that deals with a matter of a transitional nature under
subsection (1) may be expressed to take effect from a time that is earlier
than the beginning of the day on which the regulations containing the
provision are made, not being a time earlier than the commencement of this
section.
(3) If a provision of
the regulations is expressed to take effect from a time that is earlier than
the beginning of the day on which the regulations containing the provision are
published in the Government Gazette , the provision must also provide that the
provision does not operate so as —
(a) to
prejudicially affect the rights of a person (other than the rights of a
Minister of a participating jurisdiction or an entity involved in the
administration of the Gas Pipelines Access Law or the National Gas Access
(Western Australia) Law) existing before the day of publication of those
regulations; or
(b) to
impose liabilities on any person (other than liabilities imposed on a Minister
of a participating jurisdiction or an entity involved in the administration of
the Gas Pipelines Access Law or the National Gas Access (Western Australia)
Law) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the day of
publication of those regulations.
(4) In this section
—
Gas Pipelines Access Law has the meaning that the
term had under section 3(1) of the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia)
Act 1998 before the commencement of this section;
matters of a transitional nature includes matters
of an application or savings nature;
National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law means
the provisions applying from time to time because of section 7, and it
includes Rules made and in force under those provisions from time to time.