Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DAMPIER TO BUNBURY PIPELINE ACT 1997 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ⁹. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997	53 of 1997 (as amended by this Act Sch. 4 Div. 1)	12 Dec 1997	Act other than Sch. 4 Div. 1, Div. 4 (except cl. 16, 17(1) and (2), 18 and 20) and Div. 6: 12 Dec 1997 (see s. 2); Sch. 4 Div. 1: 30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and cl. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765); Sch. 4 Div. 4 (except cl. 16, 17(1) and (2), 18 and 20): 11.00 am 25 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and cl. 11 and Gazette 25 Mar 1998 p. 1655); Sch. 4 Div. 6: 30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and cl. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)
Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 Sch. 3 Div. 2 5, 8, 9	65 of 1998	15 Jan 1999	Sch. 3 Div. 2 Subdiv. 2: 9 Feb 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Feb 1999 p. 441); Sch. 3 Div. 2 Subdiv. 3: 1 Jan 2000 (see cl. 5)
Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 s. 41-44, 70-72, 87 and 88	58 of 1999	24 Dec 1999	s. 41-44: 24 Dec 1999 (see s. 2(1)); s. 70-72 and 87: 1 Jul 2000 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 4 Jul 2000 p. 3545); s. 88: 16 Dec 2000 (see s. 2(5) and Gazette 15 Dec 2000 p. 7201)
Reprint of the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997 as at 17 Nov 2000 (includes the amendments listed above except those in the Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 s. 88)
Statute (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 10(2)	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141	59 of 2004	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4 and Sch. 1 cl. 43	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Reprint 2: The Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997 as at 24 Apr 2009 (includes the amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 46	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 16	47 of 2011	25 Oct 2011	26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

² The Gas Corporation Act 1994 was repealed by the Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999.

³ The Gas Transmission Regulations 1994 were repealed by the Gas Transmission Repeal Regulations 1998.

⁴ Short title changed to the Public Works Act 1902, and section 33A repealed, by the Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997.

⁵ The Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 Sch. 3 cl. 4(2) reads as follows:

(2) Any proceedings for the hearing and determination of a dispute by the referee, as defined in section 46 of the principal Act immediately before the commencement of clause 3, that have been commenced but not completed before that commencement, may be continued and determined by the referee, and any appeal may be brought and disposed of, as if clause 3 and this clause had not been enacted.

⁶ Section 46 repealed by the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 Sch. 3 cl. 7.

⁷ Short title changed to the Public Works Act 1902 by the Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997.

⁸ The Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 Sch. 3 cl. 9 reads as follows:

9. Transitional provisions

(1) Despite the repeals effected by clauses 7 and 8, the repealed access scheme continues to apply in relation to the privatised DBNGP system, as defined in section 3 of the principal Act, until an Access Arrangement is approved under the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Law in relation to that system.

(2) The Governor may make regulations —

(a) modifying the repealed access scheme for the purposes of subclause (1); and

(b) making such provision as is necessary or expedient for the transition from the repealed access scheme to the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Law including without limitation provision in relation to —

(i) matters in progress; and

(ii) dispute proceedings that have been begun.

(3) In this clause —

repealed access scheme means —

(a) Part 5 of the principal Act repealed by clause 7;

(b) Schedule 1 to that Act repealed by clause 8;

(c) the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Regulations 1998; and

(d) the Gas Referee Regulations 1995.

⁹ The amendment in the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000 s. 14(13) is not included because the section it sought to amend had been repealed by the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998 Sch. 3 Div. 2 before the amendment purported to come into operation.

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)
access 20(5)
Act Minister 27(1)
affected land Sch. 2 cl. 1
assets 14
assigned contract 17(2)
assigned DBNGP corridor 27(1)
assignee 14
bound recipient 10(1)
civil penalty condition 38(6)
condition 37(2)
Coordinator 3
corporation 3
corporation’s DBNGP system 3
corporation’s transmission business 19(4)
court 38(6)
DBNGP corridor 27(1), Sch. 4 cl. 36(5) and 46(2)
DBNGP Land Access Minister 27(1), Sch. 4 cl. 36(5)
effective date 33(5a)
exempt contract 20(5)
holder 27(1)
land holder 42(4)
liability 14
licence holder Sch. 4 cl. 43(2)
native title holder 42(4)
nominee 27(1)
operate 34(2)
pipeline transfer time 3
privatised DBNGP system 3
property holder Sch. 4 cl. 43(2)
rates Sch. 4 cl. 36(5)
relevant official 22(4), 44(3)
right 14
right, title, or interest 27(1)
right, title, or interest in land 42(4)
specified 16(2)
State corridor rights 27(1)
statutory price 20(5)
the assignor 19(2)
transfer order 14
transfer time 14
utilised corridor land Sch. 4 cl. 36(5)