Petroleum Products Subsidy Act Amendment Act 1978 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

SUBSIDY.

No. 14 of 1978.

AN ACT to amend the Petroleum Products Subsidy

Act, 1965.

[Assented to 17th May, 1978.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Products Subsidy Act Amendment Act, 1978. and citation.

In this Act the Petroleum Products Subsidy Act, 1965 is referred to as the principal Act.	Act No. 12
of 1965.

(2)

(3)

The principal Act as amended by this Act may

be cited as the Petroleum Products Subsidy Act,

1965-1978.

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Section 3

amended. 2. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended—

(a) as to subsection (1)-

(i)    by inserting immediately above the interpretation "authorised officer" an interpretation as follows

"a scheme" means a scheme that has been formulated by the Commonwealth Minister in relation to the State for the purposes of the Common- wealth Act and that is in force, and, if that scheme has been amended, includes all amend- ments to that scheme that are in force; ;

(ii)   by deleting the whole of that part of the interpretation "eligible petroleum product" occurring after the word "turbine", in line three of that interpretation, and inserting in lieu thereof the passage "fuel;" ;

(iii)    by deleting the word "the", in the last line of the interpretation "registered distributor of eligible petroleum products", and inserting in lieu thereof the word "a";

(iv)    by inserting immediately below the interpretation "registered distributor of eligible petroleum products" an interpretation as follows

"the Commonwealth Act" means

(a) the States Grants

(Petroleum Products) Act 1965 of the Common- wealth; or

(b)

any Act in substitution

for that Act,

as amended from time to

time; ;

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(v)    by deleting the interpretation "the Commonwealth Minister" and inserting in lieu thereof an interpre- tation as follows

"the Commonwealth Minister" means the Minister of State for the Commonwealth for the time being administering the Commonwealth Act and includes any Minister of State for the Commonwealth or member of the Federal Executive Council for the time being acting for or on behalf of the first mentioned Minister of State for the Common- wealth; ; and

(vi)

by deleting the interpretation "the

scheme"; and

(b) as to subsection (2), by deleting the word "the", where secondly occurring in line three, and inserting in lieu thereof the word

3. Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by Section 4 amended.

deleting the word "the", in the last line, and

inserting in lieu thereof the word "a".

4.    Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by sgvfdneg

deleting the word "the", in line three, and inserting

in lieu thereof the word "a".

Section 11 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words "One hundred pounds", in the last line, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "Four hundred dollars".	Section 11
amended.

5.

Subsection (3) of section 12 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words "fifty pounds", in the last line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Two hundred dollars".	Section 12
amended.

6.

No. 14.] Petroleum Products Subsidy. [1978.

Section 15

amended. 7. Section 15 of the principal Act is amended

(a)	as to subsection (1), by deleting the words "Fifty pounds", in the last line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Two hundred dollars"; and
(b)	as to subsection (2), by deleting the words "Five hundred pounds", in the penultimate line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Two thousand dollars".

Section 17 8. Subsection (2) of section 17 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words "fifty pounds", in the penultimate line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "two hundred dollars".