Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN ENERGY MARKET ACT 2004 - SECT 5

                   It is the intention of the Parliament that the operation of:

                     (a)  this Act; and

                     (b)  the National Electricity (Commonwealth) Law and Regulations; and

                     (c)  the National Gas (Commonwealth) Law and Regulations; and

                     (d)  the Offshore Western Australian Pipelines (Commonwealth) Law and Regulations; and

                     (e)  a prescribed uniform energy law applied as a law of the Commonwealth;

should, as far as possible, include operation in relation to the following:

                      (f)  things situated in or outside Australia;

                     (g)  acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring in or outside Australia;

                     (h)  things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done, entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be governed or otherwise affected by the law of a State, a Territory or a foreign country.