Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997No. 355 1

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Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Act 1980.

Dated 8 December 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. MOORE

Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism

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1.   Commencement

1.1   Regulation 3 is taken to have commenced on 1 August 1997.

1.2   Regulation 4 commences on 1 January 1998.

[NOTE:  The remainder of these Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s 48.]

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Amendment of regulation 3 (Schedule 1 (Specified numbers of retail sites)) of Statutory Rules 1997 No. 211

3.1   Subregulation 3.3:

Omit “87”, substitute “102”.

[NOTE:  The note following regulation 3 is taken to be altered by omitting “Item 2 reverted to its previous provisions after 31 July 1997:” and substituting “Item 2 is changed again after 31 July 1997:”.]

4.   Schedule 1 (Specified numbers of retail sites)

4.1   Item 2, column 3:

Omit “102”, substitute “87”.

5.   Application

5.1 In spite of subregulation 1.1, the amendment made by regulation 3 is taken not to affect a right of a person (other than the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth) under section 12 of the Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Act 1980 during the period commencing on 1 August 1997 and ending immediately before the commencement of this regulation.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 December 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1981 No. 89 as amended by 1981 No. 264; 1982 No. 229; 1983 Nos. 60 and 346; 1984 No. 114; 1985 No. 6; 1988 No. 222; 1990 Nos. 98 and 232; 1991 Nos. 46 and 72; 1992 No. 52; 1994 No. 40; 1995 Nos. 234 and 235; 1997 No. 211.