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New South Wales
Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008
Contents
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Definitions 2
Part 2 Peak Oil Taskforce
4 Establishment of Peak Oil Taskforce 3
5 Functions of Taskforce 3
6 Public hearings and submissions 3
7 Matters for consideration 3
8 Content of report 4
9 Timing of report 4
10 Tabling of report 4
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Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008
Contents
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Part 3 Miscellaneous
11 Regulations 6
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New South Wales
Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008
No , 2008
A Bill for
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Peak Oil Taskforce to inquire into and
report on the best strategies to mitigate the impacts of peak oil.
Clause 1 Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008
Part 1 Preliminary
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
1 Name of Act 3
This Act is the Peak Oil Response Plan Act 2008. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6
3 Definitions 7
In this Act: 8
peak oil means the moment in time at which the maximum rate of global 9
petroleum production is reached. 10
Taskforce means the Peak Oil Taskforce established under section 4. 11
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Peak Oil Taskforce Part 2
Part 2 Peak Oil Taskforce 1
4 Establishment of Peak Oil Taskforce 2
(1) The Premier is to establish a Peak Oil Taskforce within one month after 3
the commencement of this Act. 4
(2) The Taskforce is to consist of not less than 5 persons appointed by the 5
Premier. 6
5 Functions of Taskforce 7
(1) The Taskforce is: 8
(a) to inquire into and assess the likely negative impacts of peak oil 9
on the State and people of New South Wales, and 10
(b) to report to the Premier on the best short, medium and long term 11
strategies to mitigate those impacts. 12
(2) The Taskforce may request the co-operation of any Department of the 13
Public Service in the carrying out of its functions and each such 14
Department must comply with any such request. 15
6 Public hearings and submissions 16
The Taskforce, in conducting its inquiry, is: 17
(a) to hold public meetings, and 18
(b) to invite submissions from the public and consider those 19
submissions. 20
7 Matters for consideration 21
Before preparing its report, the Taskforce is to consider (and, where 22
possible, quantify) the following: 23
(a) the oil based fuel requirements of the State and people of New 24
South Wales up to the year 2020 (differentiated by fuel types and 25
economic sectors), 26
(b) the impact of peak oil on the Australian motor vehicle industry 27
(including any anticipated changes to the importation of vehicles 28
and any resulting technological developments), 29
(c) the impact of peak oil on the economy and employment and 30
whether strategies for retraining and redeployment of employees 31
will be needed, 32
(d) the effect of peak oil on: 33
(i) critical local facilities in New South Wales (such as 34
hospitals, schools and emergency services), and 35
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Clause 8 Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008
Part 2 Peak Oil Taskforce
(ii) the provision of food and water supplies to the people of 1
New South Wales, 2
(e) the effect of peak oil on disadvantaged, regional and rural 3
communities, 4
(f) any disruption to road transport (including disruption to freight 5
transport) caused by peak oil, 6
(g) the effect of peak oil on mining in New South Wales, 7
(h) whether alternative energy production and alternative fuels that 8
can be used in substitution for petroleum and other oil based 9
products can ameliorate the impacts of peak oil, 10
(i) the effect of peak oil on food affordability and availability, 11
(j) the need for public education, awareness and preparedness in 12
anticipation of peak oil, 13
(k) whether a system of fuel rationing will need to be established, 14
(l) whether new public transport infrastructure and other transport 15
infrastructure will be needed, 16
(m) the likelihood of sudden fuel emergencies (similar to the 1973 17
and 1979 oil crises), 18
(n) any other matter prescribed by the regulations. 19
8 Content of report 20
The report is to contain: 21
(a) a detailed risk management strategy to mitigate the short, 22
medium and long term impacts of peak oil, and 23
(b) strategies on how governments, business, community groups and 24
members of the public may achieve reductions in their use of 25
petroleum and other oil based fuels, and 26
(c) a list of priority uses of petroleum and other oil based fuels after 27
peak oil, and 28
(d) a strategy to deal with sudden fuel emergencies (similar to the 29
1973 and 1979 oil crises). 30
9 Timing of report 31
The report is to be completed and provided to the Premier within 32
12 months after the commencement of this Act. 33
10 Tabling of report 34
(1) The report is to be tabled by the Premier in each House of Parliament as 35
soon as practicable after it is received by the Premier. 36
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Peak Oil Taskforce Part 2
(2) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Premier seeks to table 1
the report, copies of the report are to be presented to the Clerk of the 2
House concerned by the Premier. 3
(3) The report: 4
(a) is, on presentation and for all purposes, taken to have been laid 5
before the House, and 6
(b) may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and 7
(c) if so printed, is for all purposes taken to be a document published 8
by or under the authority of the House, and 9
(d) is to be recorded: 10
(i) in the case of the Legislative Council, in the Minutes of the 11
Proceedings of the Legislative Council, and 12
(ii) in the case of the Legislative Assembly, in the Votes and 13
Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 14
on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by 15
the Clerk. 16
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Clause 11 Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008
Part 3 Miscellaneous
Part 3 Miscellaneous 1
11 Regulations 2
The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for 3
or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to 4
be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for 5
carrying out or giving effect to this Act. 6
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