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Petroleum Amendment Act 1985

Public Act		1985 No 35
Date of assent		8 March 1985

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Interpretation
3	Preparation of plans
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Petroleum Act 1937

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Amendment Act 1985, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Petroleum Act 1937 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Interpretation

(1)

Section 49(1) of the principal Act (as amended by section 9(3) of the Petroleum Amendment Act 1982) is hereby amended by inserting in paragraph (d) of the definition of the term “pipeline”, after the words “natural gas”, the words “or manufactured gas”.

(2)

The said section 49(1) (as so amended) is hereby amended by inserting in the definition of the term “pipeline”, after paragraph (d), the following paragraph:

“(da)

Any pipeline forming part of the distribution system of a franchise holder, within the meaning of the Gas Act 1982, for the conveyance of manufactured gas at a gauge pressure of 2000 kilopascals or less; or”.

3 Preparation of plans

Section 72 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 17 of the Petroleum Amendment Act 1982) is hereby amended by repealing subsection (4), and substituting the following subsection:

“(4)

Within the said period of 6 months the holder shall also—

“(a)

Deposit in the appropriate District Land Registry Office a copy of the plans showing the position of the pipeline:

“(b)

Forward to the territorial authority within whose district the pipeline is situated a copy of those plans:

“(c)

Forward to the owner of any land in respect of which an agreement has been made under section 69(1)(b) of this Act or in respect of which an easement certificate has been issued under section 70 of this Act a copy of the plan showing the position of the pipeline on that owner’s land.”

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Energy.

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