Gas Act Amendment Act 1990 (Qld)

1127 GAS ACT AMENDMENT ACT No. 66 of 1990 ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS 1. Short title and citation 2. Commencement 3. Amendment of long title 4. Repeal of s. 2 and new ss. 2 and 2A Relationship to prescribed Acts Act inapplicable in certain case 5. Amendment of s. 3. Arrangement of Act 6. New s. 4A Further repeals 7. Amendment of s. 5. Meaning of terms 8. Amendment of s. 6. Administration 9. New s. 6A Minister may appoint advisory committees 10. Amendment of s. 12. Application for and grant of franchise 11. New s. 12A Special conditions on franchise 12. Amendment of s. 13. Offences in relation to franchise areas 13. Repeal of ss. 14 and 14A 14. Amendment of s. 15. Cancellation of franchise 15. Amendment of s. 18. Restriction on disposal of reticulation system 16. Amendment of s. 19. Surrender of franchise 17. Amendment of s. 20 18. Repeal of ss. 21 and 22 19. Renumbering of s. 27 as s. 52 and amendment thereof. Person in charge of gas works to be qualified 20. Repeal of s. 31 21. Amendment of s. 35. Gas supplier to be licensed 22. Amendment of s. 37. Contents of licences 23. Amendment of s. 44. Provision for insufficiency of supply 24. New Part VIIA Definition Constitution of Corporation Corporation a constructing authority 25. New ss. 51D, 51E and 51F Power of Corporation to take easement Compensation and expenses payable by person for whose benefit easement taken Rights of benefited person 26. New ss. 52A, 52B and 52C Measurement of fuel gas Supply of gas through meters Restriction on constructing and maintaining pipe 27. Amendment of s. 60. Regulations 28. Amendment of s. 60B. Provisions with respect to defective or dangerous fittings 29. Repeal of and new s. 65. Publication of Proclamations, &c. Tabling of Proclamations and Orders in Council 30. Miscellaneous amendments TABLE 31. New Schedule IA 32. Amendment of Schedule IV

1128 ueeuslanb ANNO TRICESIMO NONO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 66 of 1990 An Act to amend the Gas Act1965-1989 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 19TH S EPTEMBER, 1990]

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1129 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Gas Act Amendment Act 1990. (2) In this Act the Gas Act 1965-1989 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Gas Act 1965-1990. 2. Commencement . (1) Section 1 and this section commence on the day this Act is assented to for and on behalf of Her Majesty. (2) Except as provided by subsection (1), the provisions of this Act commence on the day or days appointed by Proclamation for their commencement. 3. Amendment of long title. The Principal Act is amended by repealing the long title and substituting the following words:- "An Act to provide for the regulation and control of the production, storage, supply and use of gases, the safe handling of gases, the setting of standards for gases, certain administrative matters associated with the gas industry and for related purposes". 4. Repeal of s. 2 and new ss. 2 and 2A. The Principal Act is amended by repealing section 2 and substituting the following sections:- "2. Relationship to prescribed Acts. (1) This Act is to be construed so as not to derogate from the provisions of a prescribed Act and if there is an inconsistency between a provision of this Act and that of a prescribed Act, the provision of the prescribed Act prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. (2) In this section the term "prescribed Act" means- Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1984- 1988; or Health Act 1937-1989; or Petroleum Act 1923-1988. 2A. Act inapplicable in certain case. Save as is by this Act otherwise expressly prescribed, this Act does not apply to or in relation to fuel gas supplied by the producer thereof to a fuel gas supplier except in relation to the safe handling and measurement thereof.". 5. Amendment of s. 3. Arrangement of Act. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) inserting after the words "PART IV-" the word "FUEL";

1130 Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 (b) inserting after the words "SUPPLY OF' the word "FUEL"; (c) inserting after the words "PART VII-THE GAS TRIBUNAL;" the words "PART VIIA-TAKING OF EASEMENTS;". 6. New s. 4A. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 4 the following section:- "4A. Further repeals. The Acts set forth in Schedule IA are repealed.". 7. Amendment of s. 5. Meaning of terms. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) omitting the definition "Gas" and substituting the following definitions:- " "Fuel gas"-Natural gas, carburetted water gas, coal gas, oil gas, producer gas, water gas, liquefied petroleum gas, tempered liquefied petroleum gas, reformed liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, reformed natural gas, refinery gas, reformed refinery gas and any substance declared by Order in Council to be fuel gas for the purposes of this Act, and a mixture of two or more fuel gases; "Fuel gas supplier"-A person supplying or desirous of supplying by way of sale- (a) bulk liquefied petroleum gas; (b) fuel gas through a reticulation system; (c) fuel gas to a consumer through pipes or mains located outside the consumer's premises; (d) fuel gas in any manner declared by Order in Council for the purposes of this definition; "Gas"-Any substance that has a critical temperature of less than 50 degrees Celsius or exerts, at that temperature, a vapour pressure greater than 300 kilopascals and any substance declared by Order in Council to be gas for the purposes of this Act, and a mixture of two or more gases;"; (b) omitting the definition "Gas supplier" and substituting the following definitions:- " "Gas supplier"-A person supplying or desirous of supplying gas by way of sale; the term includes a fuel gas supplier; "Gas terminal"-A place- (a) where gas is manufactured; (b) into which gas is supplied from road, rail or marine tankers or by pipeline and, while awaiting delivery into road, rail or marine tankers or a pipeline or awaiting despatch in cylinders , tanks or other vessels, is there stored in containers with an aggregate water capacity of 100 tonnes or more;

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1131 or (c) any other place declared by Order in Council to be a gas terminal;"; (c) in the definition "Gas works" omitting the words "liquefied petroleum"; (d) omitting the definition "Liquefied petroleum gas terminal"; (e) omitting the definition "Metal working"; . (f) omitting the definition "Minister" and substituting the following definition:- ,,,'Minister"-The Minister of the Crown for the time being charged with the administration of this Act; the term includes a Minister of the Crown who, for the time being, is performing the duties of the Minister;"; (g) omitting the definition "Pipe" and substituting the following definition:- " "Pipe"-Any pipe, main or service pipe for conveying gas: the term includes all equipment and works connected with a pipe;"; (h) in the definition "Reticulation system" inserting after the word "supplying" the word "fuel"; (i) omitting the definition "Station meter"; (j) omitting the definition "Unaccounted for gas". 8. Amendment of s. 6. Administration . Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words "Director-General, Department of Mines," and substituting the words "chief executive of the department within which this Act is administered,". 9. New s. 6A. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 6 the following section:- "6A. Minister may appoint advisory committees . (1) The Minister may from time to time appoint advisory committees to advise the Minister and the chief gas examiner in respect of the administration of the provisions of this Act that relate to licensing. (2) A member of an advisory committee shall not be paid a fee for attending any meeting of the committee.". 10. Amendment of s. 12. Application for and grant of franchise. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:- "(IA) An application referred to in subsection (1)(a) shall- (a) be in a form that is acceptable to the Minister; (b) particularize the part of the State in respect of which the application is made;

1132 Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 and (c) specify the length of time it will take to establish or, as the case may be, extend the reticulation system. The Minister may require the applicant to specify the length of time it will take to establish distinct parts of the reticulation system or extension."; (b) adding at the end of subsection (4) the following paragraph:- "The granting of an application shall be effected by way of Order in Council."; (c) in subsection (5), omitting the words "sections fifteen and twenty-two of this Act" and substituting the words "section 15". 11. New s. 12A. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 12 the following section:- "12A. Special conditions on franchise . (1) Upon the grant of a franchise the Governor in Council may impose thereon such conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as the Governor in Council considers proper and if the Governor in Council does so, shall cause those conditions to be specified in the Order in Council by which the grant is effected. (2) The establishment and maintenance of a reticulation system pursuant to a franchise upon which the Governor in Council has imposed conditions shall be subject to those conditions in addition to the provisions of this Act. (3) The holder of a franchise who contravenes or fails to comply with a condition imposed on that franchise under this section, or under section 20 (3) of this Act as in force from time to time prior to the commencement of section 11 of the Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, commits an offence against this Act.". 12. Amendment of s. 13. Offences in relation to franchise areas. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the section, omitting the word " Offences " and substituting the word "Offence"; (b) omitting subsection (2); (c) renumbering subsection (3) as subsection (2) and, in that subsection, omitting the words "or (2)". 13. Repeal of ss. 14 and 14A . The Principal Act is amended by repealing sections 14 and 14A. 14. Amendment of s. 15 . Cancellation of franchise . Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection (3) the following paragraph:- "The granting and cancellation of a franchise shall be effected by way of Order in Council.".

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1133 15. Amendment of s. 18. Restriction on disposal of reticulation system. Section 18 ° of the Principal Act is amended by, in the first paragraph, inserting after the words "Governor in Council" the words ", given by Order in Council,". 16. Amendment of s. 19. Surrender of franchise . Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection (3) the following paragraph:- "The acceptance of the surrender of a franchise shall be effected by way of Order in Council.". 17. Amendment of s. 20 . Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) in subsection (1), omitting provisions (a) and (b) of the second paragraph and substituting the following provisions: "(a) a person authorized to construct or maintain a pipe pursuant to section 52C; (b) a person supplying gas through a pipe the construction or maintenance of which is authorized under section 52C,"; (b) omitting subsections (3) and (4). 18. Repeal of ss. 21 and 22. The Principal Act is amended by repealing sections 21 and 22. 19. Renumbering of s. 27 as s. 52 and amendment thereof . Person in charge of gas works to be qualified . The Principal Act is amended by- (a) renumbering section 27 as section 52; (b) omitting that section and inserting it as the first section of Part VIII; (c) adding at the end of that section, and as part thereof, the following subsection:- "(5) During the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which section 19 of the Gas Act Amendment Act 1990 commenced- (a) a person who is not a qualified person or authorized in writing by the Minister pursuant to this section to be in charge of the gas works does not commit an offence against subsection (1) by reason only of the fact that he is in charge of a gas works that does not produce fuel gas; (b) subsection 4 (a) applies only in respect of a gas works that produces fuel gas.". 20. Repeal of s. 31. The Principal Act is amended by repealing section 31.

1134 Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 21. Amendment of s. 35. Gas supplier to be licensed . Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:- "(2) Subsection (1) does not apply- (a) to the retail supply of liquefied petroleum gas for automotive purposes; or (b) to a person when acting as the agent of or distributing gas supplied by the grantee of a gas supplier's licence if the person is registered under the regulations as the agent or distributor of that grantee.". 22. Amendment of s. 37. Contents of licences . Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d) and substituting the following paragraphs:- "(c) provide appropriate technical advisory services to consumers on the use of gas supplied by it to them and ensure that their needs are not neglected; and (d) take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with this Act by its agents and distributors registered as such under the regulations,". 23. Amendment of s. 44. Provision for insufficiency of supply. Section 44 of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (5), omitting the word "Unless" and substituting the words "Subject to section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954-1988, unless". 24. New Part VIIA. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following heading and sections after section 51:- "PART VIIA-TAKING OF EASEMENTS 51A. D efinition . In this Part the expression "Corporation" means the corporate entity preserved and continued in existence as a corporation sole by section 7 (1) of the Petroleum Act 1923- 1988 under the name and style "The Secretary for Mines". 51B. Constitution of Corporation . (1) The Corporation is to be taken to have been constituted as a corporation sole for the purposes of this Act and shall be constituted as prescribed by section 7 (1) of the Petroleum Act 1923-1988. (2) All courts and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Corporation affixed to any document and, in the absence of proof to the contrary, shall presume that the seal was duly affixed.

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1135 (3) The Corporation taken to have been constituted for the purposes of this Act is capable in law of- (a) suing and being sued; (b) compounding or proving in a court of competent jurisdiction all debts and sums of money due to it; (c) taking, acquiring, holding, letting, leasing, dealing with and disposing of real and personal property; and (d) doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may in law do and suffer. (4) For the purposes of this Act the Corporation represents the Crown and, has and may exercise all the rights, privileges and remedies of the Crown. 51C. Corporation a constructing authority . For the purposes of this Act and for the purpose only of enabling the Corporation to take an easement on land the Corporation is a constructing authority within the meaning of the Acquisition of Land Act1967-1988.". 25. New ss. 51D , 51E and 51F . The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 51C the following sections:- "51D. Power of Corporation to take easement . (1) As a constructing authority within the meaning of the Acquisition ofLand Act 1967-1988 the Corporation may take in accordance with that Act an easement on land to enable a person to construct and maintain a pipe for the purpose of any person supplying gas to a consumer. (2) The Corporation shall not exercise its power under subsection (1) in respect of a person unless it is satisfied that the person has made all reasonable endeavours to acquire by agreement with owners and occupiers of the land concerned all rights required by the person in respect of the land. (3) Every easement taken shall be in the name of the person for whose benefit it was taken. 51E. Compensation and expenses payable by person for whose benefit easement taken. (1) The compensation payable in respect of an easement taken on land together with all expenses incurred by the Corporation in taking the easement are payable by the person for whose benefit the easement is taken. (2) Before taking an easement for the benefit of a person the Corporation may require that person to deposit with it such moneys or other securities as are in its opinion sufficient to ensure the payment by that person of sums payable by that person under subsection (1). 51F. Rights of benefited person . (1) In respect of land the subject of an easement to enable a person to construct and maintain a pipe for the purpose of any person supplying gas to

1136 Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 a consumer that firstmentioned person may with such assistants and with such vehicles and things as that person deems necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the entry, at all times enter upon that land and construct, inspect, test, maintain, repair, alter, add to or replace a pipe belonging to that person and for any such purpose enter upon any other land giving necessary access to that land. (2) The rights of a person under an easement taken to enable that person to construct and maintain a pipe for the purpose of any person supplying gas to a consumer include- (a) a right that no person shall, without the prior permission of the firstmentioned person or otherwise than in compliance in every respect with any terms, provisions or limitations imposed by the firstmentioned person in respect of the permission erect or place any building or structure whatsoever in, on or over the land the subject of the easement or, except for the purpose of cultivating the land in accordance with recognized good land husbandry, dig into such land; and (b) subject to this Act, a right to use, or allow another person to use, a pipe constructed under subsection (1) to supply gas to a consumer.". 26. New ss. 52A , 52B and 52C. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 52 the following sections:- "52A. Measurement of fuel gas. A fuel gas supplier, which is the holder of a franchise, shall cause all fuel gas obtained or produced by it for use in its reticulation system to be measured by a meter. 52B. Supply of gas through meters. (1) A gas supplier shall not- (a) subject to subsection (2), supply gas through a meter to a consumer unless the meter- (i) is the property of such gas supplier; and (ii) has been tested and stamped by an approved person under and in accordance with this Act; or (b) supply gas to a consumer through a meter at any time after the expiration of the prescribed period after the date upon which such meter was last tested and stamped by an approved person under this Act. (2) (a) In circumstances and under conditions approved by the chief gas examiner a meter tested and stamped by an approved person which is not the property of the gas supplier concerned,

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1137 may be used to measure the quantity of gas supplied to a consumer. (b) When one gas supplier supplies gas to another gas supplier the means of measuring the volume of gas so supplied shall be as approved by the chief gas examiner. (3) (a) A gas supplier shall remove from premises every meter through which it supplies gas to such premises before the expiration of the prescribed period after the date- (i) upon which such meter was last tested and stamped by an approved person; or (ii) (where such meter has not previously been tested and stamped by an approved person) upon which such meter was installed in such premises, and shall thereupon replace such meter with another meter which has been tested and stamped by an approved person within the prescribed period. (b) If required by the chief gas examiner so to do, a gas supplier shall deliver all meters required by this Act to be tested and stamped by an approved person to the place specified in the requisition. (c) In circumstances approved by the chief gas examiner an approved person may test a meter and, if the person finds it correct, stamp the same without its removal from the premises of a consumer. (4) This section applies, and shall be deemed always to have applied, in respect of every meter through which gas is supplied to a consumer immediately before the date of commencement of this Act and to a supply of gas through every such meter and any reference in this section to the prescribed period includes any such period which has expired before the date of commencement of this Act and any such period running partly before and partly after the date of commencement of this Act. (5) Subject to subsection (6), a gas supplier which contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this section commits a continuing offence against this Act and is liable to a penalty of 20 penalty units and, in addition, to a penalty of 2 penalty units for each day during which such offence continues. (6) If a gas supplier satisfies the chief gas examiner that it is unable to comply with any provision of this section because of circumstances beyond its control, the chief gas examiner may, in writing, exempt such gas supplier from such provision for such period, and subject to such terms and conditions as the chief gas examiner considers proper in the circumstances. A gas supplier which has been exempted under this section and which contravenes or fails to comply with any term or condition of such exemption commits an offence against this Act.

1138 Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 Upon a conviction of a gas supplier for an offence under this subsection the exemption granted to such gas supplier shall be revoked by the chief gas examiner by writing addressed to such gas supplier. (7) An exemption granted under subsection (7) of section 31 of this Act as amended and in force from. time to time before the commencement of sections 20 and 26 of the Gas ActAmendment Act 1990 from compliance with a provision of that section is, where that exemption is in force immediately before that commencement, to be taken, on and from that commencement, as an exemption granted under subsection (6) of this section in respect of the corresponding provision of this section. (8) In this section the expression "an approved person" means- (a) a gas examiner; or (b) any other person approved in writing by the chief gas examiner as a person who may test and stamp meters. 52C. Restriction on constructing and maintaining pipe. (1) A person shall not construct or maintain a pipe in any area for the purpose of any person supplying gas to a consumer from outside the premises of the consumer unless- (a) where the gas in question is fuel gas, the first- mentioned person is the holder of the franchise that relates to the area; or (b) the pipe and all associated fittings are contained wholly within a single parcel of land; or (c) the premises concerned are contiguous with other premises and all the premises are occupied- (i) where they consist of lots shown as such on a building units plan or a group titles plan within the meaning of the Building Units and Group TitlesAct 1980-1988, by the members of the body corporate incorporated in respect of that plan; or (ii) by tenants of the same landlord; and the pipe and all associated fittings are contained wholly within the perimeter of the contiguous premises; or (d) the firstmentioned person is authorized by Order in Council made under this section so to do and

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1139 constructs or maintains the pipe in question in accordance with the Order in Council. (2) The Governor in Council may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, authorize any person to construct and maintain a pipe in an area (whether a franchise area or not) for the purpose of supplying gas to a consumer from outside the premises of the consumer. (3) An Order in Council under subsection (2) may be made subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit whereupon the authority conferred by the order is restricted to constructing and maintaining the pipe in accordance with those conditions. (4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits a continuing offence against this Act and, whether or not any other penalty is imposed in respect thereof, is liable to a penalty of 20 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues. (5) An Order in Council made under section 14 of this Act as amended and in force from time to time before the commencement of section 26 of the Gas Act Amendment Act 1990 which order is in force immediately before that commencement is, on and from that commencement, taken to be an Order in Council made under this section authorizing the person specified in the firstmentioned order to construct and maintain a pipe in the area specified in that order for the purpose of any person supplying gas to a consumer from outside the premises of the consumer.". 27. Amendment of s. 60. Regulations . Section 60 of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (5)(b), inserting after the words "approval of' the words "the Minister or". 28. Amendment of s. 60B. Provisions with respect to defective or dangerous fittings. Section 60B of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (1), omitting the words "sections 28 and 36" and substituting the words "section 28". 29. Repeal of and new s. 65. Publication of Proclamations , &c. The Principal Act is amended by repealing section 65 and substituting the following section:- "65. Tabling of Proclamations and Orders in Council . Section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954-1988 (tabling of regulations) applies with respect to Proclamations and Orders in Council made for the purposes of this Act as if they were regulations.".

1140 Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 30. Miscellaneous amendments . The Principal Act is amended in the provision thereof specified in the first column of the following table as specified in the second column of that table opposite that provision:- TABLE Provision Amended Amendment heading occurring immediately above s. 23 ........ insert before the word "GAS" the word "FUEL" s. 23 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs three times the word "fuel" in each case s. 26 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs 4 times (including once in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the section) the word "fuel" in each case s. 28 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs- in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the section; 5 times in subsection (1); and 3 times in subsection (2); the word "fuel" in each case s. 29 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs- 7 times in subsection (1) (including once in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the subsection); 7 times in subsection (2); 8 times in subsection (4); and twice in subsection (5); the word "fuel" in each case s. 30 ....... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs- in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the section; 9 times in subsection (1); 4 times in subsection (2); twice in subsection (2A); and 4 times in subsection (3); the word "fuel" in each case

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1141 TABLE-continued Provision Amended Amendment s. 32 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs- 7 times in subsection (1); 5 times in subsection (2) (including once in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the subsection); 14 times in subsection (2A); and once in subsection (3); the word "fuel" in each case s. 33 .......... insert before the word "gas" the word "fuel" heading appearing immediately above s. 42 .......... insert before the word "GAS" the word "FUEL" s. 42 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs for the first and fourth times the word "fuel" in each case s. 43 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs- in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the section; for the first time in subsection (1); 3 times in subsection (2); 3 times in subsection (3); and once in subsection (4); the word "fuel" in each case in subsection (1), insert after the words "supply of " the words "fuel gas being" s. 44 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs- 3 times in subsection (1); and once in subsection (3)(a); the word "fuel" in each case s. 45 .......... insert before the word "gas" the word "fuel"

1142 Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 Provision Amended TABLE-continued Amendment s. 49 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs 7 times in subsection (1) the word "fuel" in each case s. 50 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs 8 times (including once in the note appearing in and at the beginning of the section) the word. "fuel" in each case s. 51 .......... insert before the word "gas" where it occurs once in subsection (1)(a) and twice in subsection (3) the word "fuel" in each case s. 53A ........ insert before the words " gas supplier " where they occur 5 times the word "fuel" in each case 31. New Schedule IA. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after Schedule I the following Schedule:- "Schedule IA [s. 4A] The Brisbane Gas Company Act of 1864; The Brisbane Gas Company Acts Amendment Act of 1952 (No. 2); The Cairns Gas Company, Limited, Act of 1898; The Charters Towers Gas, Coke, Coal, and Light Company, Limited, Act of 1897; The Colonial Gas Association Limited Act of 1928; The Gympie Gas Company (Limited) Act of 1884; The Mackay Gas Company Limited Act of 1960; The Mount Morgan Gas and Lighting Company, Limited, Act of 1899; The South Brisbane Gas and Light Company (Limited) Act of 1885; The Townsville Gas and Coke Company (Limited) Act of 1884; The Warwick Gas, Light, Power, and Coal Company (Limited) Act of 1889; The Wynnum and Manly Gas and Lighting Company, Limited, Act of 1912.".

Gas Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 66 1143 32. Amendment of Schedule IV. Schedule IV of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after clause 12 the following clause:- "12A. Providing for the registration of persons as agents or distributors of the grantees of gas suppliers' licences, the qualifications necessary to be had for registration and the suspension and cancellation of that registration.".