Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM RETAIL MARKETING SITES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 121, 1984 - SECT 7

7. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-sections (1) to (4) (inclusive) and substituting the
        following sub-sections:



"(1) Where a prescribed oil company, or a member of a group of prescribed
corporations one of which is a prescribed oil company, operates a retail site
during the month of January in the year 1985 or the month of January in any
subsequent year, the prescribed oil company shall, within 30 days after the
end of that month, lodge with an authorized officer a statement in accordance
with the appropriate form stating, in respect of the site-

   (a)  the name of the corporation (in this sub-section referred to as the
        'relevant corporation') that operated the site during that month;

   (b)  particulars of the situation of the site;

   (c)  whether the relevant corporation owned, or was a lessee or licensee in
        respect of, the site on any day or days during that month;

   (d)  whether motor fuel was sold by retail during that month at the site-

        (i)    by or on behalf of the relevant corporation; or

        (ii)   by a person under an agreement of the kind to which
               sub-paragraph 7 (1) (b) (ii) applies to which the relevant
               corporation is a party;

   (e)  whether, during that month, the site was a diesel fuel site or a site
        temporarily operated and, in the case of a site temporarily operated,
        the circumstances by reason of which it was to be taken to be
        temporarily operated; and

   (f)  such other matters as are prescribed.



"(1A) Where (whether by reason of the operation of sub-section 7 (2) or (3) or
otherwise) during a month referred to in sub-section (1)-

   (a)  no retail sites were operated by a particular prescribed oil company
        (not being a member of a group of prescribed corporations); or

   (b)  no member of a particular group of prescribed corporations (being a
        group of which a prescribed oil company is a member) operated any
        retail sites,
the prescribed oil company shall, within 30 days after the end of that month,
lodge with an authorized officer a statement in accordance with the
appropriate form stating that fact.



"(2) Where a prescribed oil company, or a member of a group of prescribed
corporations one of which is a prescribed oil company, operates a retail site
during a month (not being January in any year) after January 1985 and did not
operate the site during the month immediately preceding the first-mentioned
month, the prescribed oil company shall, within 30 days after the end of the
first-mentioned month, lodge with an authorized officer a statement in
accordance with the appropriate form stating, in respect of the operation of
the site during the first-mentioned month, such of the matters referred to in
paragraphs (1) (a) to (f) (inclusive) as are applicable.



"(3) Where-

   (a)  a statement has been lodged under this section in respect of the
        operation, during a particular month, of a retail site by a
        corporation (in this sub-section referred to as the 'relevant
        corporation'), being a prescribed oil company or a member of a group
        of prescribed corporations one of which is a prescribed oil company;
        and

   (b)  during a subsequent month the site is not operated by the relevant
        corporation,
the prescribed oil company shall, within 30 days after the end of the first
such subsequent month, lodge with an authorized officer a statement in
accordance with the appropriate form stating that the site was not operated by
the relevant corporation during that first subsequent month.



"(4) Where-

   (a)  a prescribed oil company, or a member of a group of prescribed
        corporations one of which is a prescribed oil company, operates a
        retail site during a month (in this sub-section referred to as the
        'relevant month') in circumstances to which neither sub-section (1)
        nor (2) applies;

   (b)  a statement has, or statements have, been lodged under any of the
        provisions of this section (including this sub-section) in respect of
        the site in relation to a previous month or previous months; and

   (c)  the matters specified in that statement, or the later or latest of
        those statements, as the case may be, would, if the statement related
        to the relevant month, be incorrect or insufficient,
the prescribed oil company shall, within 30 days after the end of the relevant
month, lodge with an authorized officer a statement in accordance with the
appropriate form stating, in respect of the operation of the site during the
relevant month, such of the matters referred to in paragraphs (1) (a) to (f)
(inclusive) as are applicable."; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-sections (9) and (10).