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GAS AMENDMENT BILL 72 OF 2007

                                  TASMANIA

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                     GAS AMENDMENT BILL 2007
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                                  CONTENTS
          1.   Short title
          2.   Commencement
          3.   Principal Act
          4.   Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
          5.   Part 4, Division 1AA repealed




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                         GAS AMENDMENT BILL 2007
             (Brought in by the Minister for Energy, the Honourable David
                                  Edward Llewellyn)

                                    A BILL FOR

            An Act to amend the Gas Act 2000


            Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
            and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
            House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:



                1. Short title
                          This Act may be cited as the Gas Amendment
                          Act 2007.


                2. Commencement
                          This Act commences on the day on which this
                          Act receives the Royal Assent.


                3. Principal Act
                          In this Act, the Gas Act 2000* is referred to as
                          the Principal Act.




       *No. 92 of 2000

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                    Gas Amendment Act 2007
                          Act No. of
s. 4


       4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)

                Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as
                follows:

                  (a)   by omitting "supply" from the definition
                        of "distribution system" and substituting
                        "delivery";

                  (b)   by omitting the definition of "gas" and
                        substituting the following definition:

                          "gas" means ­

                                  (a)   natural gas; or

                                  (b)   liquefied petroleum gas;
                                        or

                                  (c)   any other gaseous fuel,
                                        being a gaseous fuel that
                                        is not declared by the
                                        regulations to be excluded
                                        from the operation of this
                                        Act;

                  (c)   by omitting "supply" from paragraph (b)
                        of the definition of "gas supply point"
                        and substituting "delivery";

                  (d)   by omitting paragraph (c) from the
                        definition of "gas supply point" and
                        substituting the following paragraphs:

                          (c)   if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not
                                apply, the point of delivery of gas
                                between ­

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 Gas Amendment Act 2007
       Act No. of
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                (i)    a pipeline that is declared,
                       or belongs to a class of
                       pipelines that is declared,
                       under section 3(3) of the
                       Gas Pipelines Act 2000 to
                       be     treated      as     a
                       transmission pipeline for
                       the purposes of that Act;
                       and

                (ii)   the person to whom the
                       gas is delivered; or

        (d)   if paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) do
              not apply, the outlet of the first
              stage regulator of a liquefied
              petroleum gas storage cylinder or
              tank;

(e)   by inserting the following definition after
      the definition of "operations":

        "person" includes ­

                (a)    any body of persons,
                       corporate          or
                       unincorporate; and

                (b)    any          government
                       department    or   other
                       government body;

(f)   by omitting "customer's" from the
      definition of "supply".



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                    Gas Amendment Act 2007
                          Act No. of
s. 5


       5. Part 4, Division 1AA repealed

                Division 1AA of Part 4 of the Principal Act is
                repealed.




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