Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person who
desires to operate a small filling station at any place is to apply to the
chief executive officer for a certificate in relation to that place in
accordance with the regulations.
(2) If the chief
executive officer is satisfied in relation to an application under
subsection (1) that there is no reason for the refusal of the
application, the chief executive officer is to issue a certificate in terms of
the application.
(3) A person who is
aggrieved by a decision of the chief executive officer refusing the issue of a
certificate under subsection (2) may appeal to the Minister, whose
decision is final.
(4) The chief
executive officer may cancel a certificate certifying a filling station to be
a small filling station if the chief executive officer is
satisfied —
(a) that
any thing other than —
(i)
fuel or an accessory (as defined in section 14A(2));
or
(ii)
goods prescribed for the purposes of
section 14A(1)(b), (c) or (in the case of a prescribed small filling
station) (d),
are sold at the
filling station outside the trading hours referred to in section 12(1) if
the filling station is not in the metropolitan area or section 12(3) if
the filling station is in the metropolitan area; or
(b) that
the filling station is not owned or operated in accordance with
section 14B(1) and (4); or
(c) that
notification has not been given as required by section 14B(3).
(5) The cancellation
of a certificate under this section does not prevent a person from being
prosecuted for an offence against this Act.
[Section 14C inserted by No. 47 of 2006
s. 11; amended by No. 38 of 2010 s. 7.]