Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

4............ Extension of Act to external Territories ............................................... 6

5............ Act to bind Crown .............................................................................. 6

6............ Operation of Act ................................................................................. 7

7............ Additional operation of Act in relation to relevant fuel industry corporations           8

8............ Additional operation of Act in relation to relevant persons ................. 8

9............ Minister must determine planning periods .......................................... 9

10.......... Bulk customers of relevant fuel industry corporations or of relevant persons           9

11.......... Essential users of refined liquid petroleum products ......................... 11

11A....... Application of the Criminal Code ..................................................... 13

Part II--Contingency planning powers                                                                  14

12.......... Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations to maintain reserves etc.      14

13.......... Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations to develop bulk allocation procedures                 16

14.......... Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations and relevant persons to maintain statistical information      18

14A....... Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations and relevant persons to make available statistical information .......................................................................................................... 20

14B....... Prosecution of offences against section 14 or 14A ........................... 22

15.......... Minister may enter into arrangements to enable directions under sections 23 and 24 to be implemented 22

Part III--Declaration of, and powers for dealing with, national liquid fuel emergency                 24

16.......... Declaration of national liquid fuel emergency ................................... 24

17.......... Minister may direct relevant fuel industry corporations to maintain reserves etc.      25

18.......... Minister may direct transfer of liquid fuel ......................................... 26

19.......... Minister may direct liquid fuel to be available for purchase .............. 28

20.......... Minister may give directions as to output from refineries ................. 29

21.......... Minister may give directions with respect to allocation by corporations of liquid fuel to bulk customers                 30

22.......... Minister may give directions with respect to allocation by relevant persons of liquid fuel to bulk customers           32

23.......... Minister may give directions to corporations regulating or prohibiting supply of liquid fuel    34

24.......... Minister may give directions to relevant persons regulating or prohibiting supply of liquid fuel              36

25.......... Directions under section 21, 22, 23 or 24 not to regulate price ......... 37

26.......... Certain directions to be published ..................................................... 38

27.......... When directions under this Part cease to be in force ......................... 38

Part IV--Enforcement                                                                                                      39

29.......... Appointment of authorised persons .................................................. 39

29A....... Authorised persons to carry and produce identity cards .................... 40

30.......... Power to require persons to furnish information and produce documents                 40

31.......... Inspection .......................................................................................... 42

31A....... Nature of powers conferred on magistrates ....................................... 45

32.......... Seizure .............................................................................................. 45

32A....... Consent ............................................................................................. 46

33.......... Persons to provide authorised persons with reasonable facilities and assistance       46

34.......... Civil penalty orders ........................................................................... 46

35.......... Civil action for recovery of pecuniary penalties ................................ 48

36.......... Criminal proceedings not to be brought for contraventions of civil penalty provisions             48

37.......... Injunctions ........................................................................................ 48

38.......... Forfeiture .......................................................................................... 50

40.......... Conduct by employees or agents of bodies corporate ....................... 51

Part V--Miscellaneous                                                                                                       52

41.......... Making of guidelines ........................................................................ 52

41A....... Variation or revocation of instruments .............................................. 52

42.......... Consultation between Ministers concerning emergency procedures . 52

43.......... Operation of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .................... 53

44.......... Reconsideration and review of decisions .......................................... 53

45.......... Compensation for acquisition of property ......................................... 54

46.......... Compensation for compliance with directions under Part II .............. 55

46A....... Exemption from suit--Ministers and delegates ................................. 56

47.......... Exemption from suit--relevant fuel industry corporations and relevant persons       56

48.......... Jurisdiction of courts ......................................................................... 56

49.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 57

51.......... Operation of State and Territory laws ............................................... 59

52.......... Directions to prevail over inconsistent Commonwealth, State or Territory law         59

53.......... Act not to confer powers on State or Territory Energy Ministers by implication      59

55.......... Repeal of Liquid Fuel (Defence Stocks) Act 1949 ............................. 59

56.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 59

Notes                                                                                                                                              61

  

Notes to the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984

Note 1

The Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 5, 1984 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984	5, 1984	27 Mar 1984	27 Mar 1984
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (a)		--
Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Act 1987	9, 1987	25 Mar 1987	25 Mar 1987		--
Evidence (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1995	3, 1995	23 Feb 1995	S. 14: Royal Assent (b) S. 27: 18 Apr 1995 (b)		S. 14
Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	140, 2001	1 Oct 2001	2 Oct 2001		S. 4 [see Table A]
Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Act 2007	86, 2007	21 June 2007	Schedules 1 and 2: 21 Dec 2007 Remainder: Royal Assent		Sch. 1 (item 99) [see Table A]
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010	103, 2010	13 July 2010	Schedule 6 (items 1, 74): 1 Jan 2011		--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (item 756) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011		Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)     The Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 was amended by the Evidence (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1995, subsections 2(1) and (13) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   This Part and Parts 2 and 3 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

               (13)   Section 27 of this Act and the Schedule to this Act commence:

                              (a)   on the day on which sections 153 and 155 of the Evidence Act 1995 commence; or

                              (b)   if those sections commence on different days--the first day on which both of those sections are in force.

         Sections 153 and 155 commenced on 18 April 1995.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3......................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 140, 2001; No. 86, 2007; No. 46, 2011
Ss. 5, 6................................	am. No. 86, 2007
Ss. 9-11..............................	rs. No. 86, 2007
S. 11A.................................	ad. No. 140, 2001
Part II
Ss. 12, 13............................	rs. No. 86, 2007
S. 14....................................	am. No. 140, 2001
	rs. No. 86, 2007
Ss. 14A, 14B.......................	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 15....................................	rs. No. 86, 2007
Part III
S. 16....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
Ss. 17-24............................	rs. No. 86, 2007
S. 25....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 27....................................	rs. No. 86, 2007
Part IV
S. 28....................................	rep. No. 140, 2001
S. 29....................................	am. No. 140, 2001; No. 86, 2007
S. 29A.................................	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 30....................................	am. No. 140, 2001; No. 86, 2007
Note to s. 30(1)..................	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 31....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 31A.................................	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 32....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 32A.................................	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 33....................................	rs. No. 86, 2007
Heading to s. 34................	rs. No. 86, 2007
Subhead. to s. 34(2)..........	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 34....................................	am. No. 140, 2001; No. 86, 2007
Heading to s. 36................	am. No. 86, 2007
Ss. 36-38............................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 39....................................	rep. No. 86, 2007
Heading to s. 40................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 40....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
Part V
S. 41....................................	rs. No. 86, 2007
S. 41A.................................	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 42....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
Heading to s. 43................	am. No. 103, 2010
S. 43....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 3, 1995
	rs. No. 86, 2007
	am. No. 103, 2010
Note to s. 43.......................	am. No. 103, 2010
S. 44....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
Heading to s. 46................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 46....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 46A.................................	ad. No. 86, 2007
Heading to s. 47................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 47....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
Subhead. to s. 49(4)..........	ad. No. 86, 2007
S. 49....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 50....................................	rep. No. 86, 2007
Heading to s. 53................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 53....................................	am. No. 86, 2007
S. 54....................................	rep. No. 9, 1987

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 140, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Act 2007 (No. 86, 2007)

Schedule 1

99  Transitional regulations

(1)       The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments or repeals made by this Schedule.

(2)       Despite subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, regulations made under this item may be expressed to take effect before the day they are registered under that Act.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.