Western Australian Consolidated Acts

GAS STANDARDS ACT 1972 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 4 July 2008 of the Gas Standards Act 1972 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ³. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Gas Standards Act 1972	15 of 1972	26 May 1972	21 Jul 1972 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Jul 1972 p. 2645)
Gas Standards Act Amendment Act 1979	87 of 1979	11 Dec 1979	1 Feb 1980 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Feb 1980 p. 284)
Gas Standards Amendment Act 1985	63 of 1985	5 Nov 1985	s. 1 and 2: 5 Nov 1985; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Feb 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 3 Jan 1986 p. 9)
Reprint of the Gas Standards Act 1972 as at 15 Feb 1989 (includes amendments listed above)
Energy Corporations (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 Pt. 5	89 of 1994	15 Dec 1994	1 Jan 1995 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 23 Dec 1994 p. 7069)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 s. 66, 84, 98 and 99	58 of 1999	24 Dec 1999	s 66: 24 Dec 1999 (see s. 2(1)); s. 84: 1 Jul 2000 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 4 Jul 2000 p. 3545); s. 98 and 99: 16 Dec 2000 (see s. 2(5) and Gazette 15 Dec 2000 p. 7201)
Reprint of the Gas Standards Act 1972 as at 7 Jul 2000 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 s. 98 and 99)
Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2003 Pt. 3 Div. 10	53 of 2003	8 Oct 2003	8 Oct 2003 (see s. 2(1))
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 10(5) and 60	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141 4	59 of 2004 (as amended by No. 2 of 2008 s. 77(13))	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 54 5	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Reprint 3: The Gas Standards Act 1972 as at 7 Jul 2006 (includes amendments listed above)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 17	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Gas and Electricity Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2007 Pt. 4	5 of 2007	18 Apr 2007	1 Dec 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Nov 2007 p. 5927)
Petroleum Amendment Act 2007 s. 95	35 of 2007	21 Dec 2007	19 Jan 2008 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 18 Jan 2008 p. 147)
Reprint 4: The Gas Standards Act 1972 as at 4 Jul 2008 (includes amendments listed above)

² The provision in this Act repealing that Act has been omitted from this reprint under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).

³ The Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 82, to the extent that it amends this Act, was amended by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 78(2)(a).

⁴ The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 21 was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

⁵ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

`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)
approved plan 13K(1)
commercial information 4
consumer 4
Director 4
gas 4
gas appliance 4
gas installation 4
gasfitters 13J(1)(b)
gasfitting work 13I(1)
holder 13A(12)
inspector 4
person aggrieved 13B(2)
pipeline licensee 4
Plan 13J(1)
reviewable decision 13B(2)
specified 13A(3)
supply 4
Type A gas appliance 4
Type B gas appliance 4
undertaker 4

By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer