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Gas Amendment Act 2003

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New section 5 substituted

Legislative history

Gas Amendment Act 2003

Public Act	2003 No 74
Date of assent	21 October 2003

Contents

3 Interpretation

4 New section 5 substituted

5 Declaration of person as gas operator

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

(1) This Act is the Gas Amendment Act 2003.

(2) In this Act, the Gas Act 1992 is called “the principal Act”.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Interpretation

Section 2(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of gas operator the words “by the Governor-General by Order in Council”.

4 New section 5 substituted

The principal Act is amended by repealing section 5, and substituting the following section:
“5 Declaration of person as gas operator

“(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a person to be a gas operator for the purposes of this Act or any provision or provisions of this Act if the Minister is satisfied that a declaration is necessary to enable the person to start or carry on a business as a gas distributor.

“(2) The Minister must, as soon as reasonably practicable, by notice in the Gazette, declare that a person ceases to be a gas operator on a date stated in the notice if the Minister is satisfied that the person no longer carries on a business as a gas distributor.”

Legislative history
16 October 2003	Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3), third reading