Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PIPELINE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 167, 1994 - SECT 7

7. After Part VA of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:

"PART VB-TRANSFER TO GORODOK OF EASEMENTS OF THE AUTHORITY RELATING
TO THE MOOMBA-BOTANY PIPELINE Definitions

"33ZE. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
'authorised person' means:

   (a)  the Minister; or

   (b)  a person authorised by the Minister, in writing, for the purposes of
        this Part;
'easement' includes a right in relation to land;
'Gorodok' means Gorodok Proprietary Limited (A.C.N. 057 156 751);
'instrument' includes a document;
'Moomba-Botany pipeline' means the pipeline that, when constructed, will carry
gas from Moomba in South Australia to Botany in New South Wales;
'transfer day', in relation to a transferring interest, means the day
specified in a notice under section 33ZF;
'transferring interest' means an easement specified in a notice under section
33ZF.

Specifying the easements etc. to be transferred to Gorodok and the transfer
day

"33ZF.(1) An authorised person may, by notice in the Gazette, specify:

   (a)  an easement that relates to the Moomba-Botany pipeline; and

   (b)  the transfer day for that easement.



"(2) The authorised person may make and publish one or more notices under
subsection (1).

Transfer to Gorodok of transferring interests of the Authority

"33ZG. By force of this section, each transferring interest of the Authority:

   (a)  ceases to be an asset of the Authority; and

   (b)  becomes an asset of Gorodok; on the transfer day for the interest.

Instruments relating to the transferring interests of the Authority

"33ZH.(1) An authorised person may, by notice in the Gazette, on or before the
transfer day for a particular transferring interest, specify an instrument
that relates to the interest for the purposes of this section.



"(2) An instrument specified in a notice under subsection (1) continues to
have effect, on and after the transfer day for the transferring interest that
relates to the instrument, as if a reference in the instrument to the
Authority were a reference to Gorodok.

Certificates in relation to interests in land

"33ZJ.(1) This section applies if:

   (a)  an interest in land becomes an interest in land of Gorodok under this
        Part; and

   (b)  there is lodged with a land registration official a certificate that:

        (i)    is signed by an authorised person; and

        (ii)   identifies the interest, whether by reference to a map or
               otherwise; and

        (iii)  states that the interest has become an interest in land of
               Gorodok under this Part.



"(2) The land registration official may:

   (a)  register the matter in the same way in which dealings in interests in
        land of that kind are registered; and

   (b)  deal with, and give effect to, the certificate.



"(3) A document that appears to be a certificate under subsection (1) is taken
to be such a certificate and to have been properly given unless the contrary
is established.



"(4) In this section:
'land registration official' means the Registrar of Titles or other proper
officer of the State in which the land concerned is situated.

Commonwealth and Authority to take steps necessary to carry out transfers

"33ZK. The Commonwealth and the Authority must take the steps that are
necessary to ensure that this Part is fully effective.

Part to have effect in spite of laws prohibiting transfers

"33ZL.(1) This Part has effect, and must be given effect to, in spite of
anything in:

   (a)  any law of the Commonwealth or any law of a State or Territory; or

   (b)  any instrument.



"(2) Without limiting subsection (1), if the consent of a person is necessary
in order to give effect to this Part in a particular respect, the consent is
taken to have been given.".