Gas Regulation Act, 1928

Minor amendments of the Act of 1920.

12.—(1) The following amendments are hereby made in the Act of 1920, that is to say:—

(a) in sub-section (4) of section 4 the expression “the Minister for Industry and Commerce” shall be substituted for the expression “quarter sessions” wherever the same occurs, and the words “on the application of not less than five consumers” now contained therein shall be deleted;

(b) in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of section 5 the expression “the Minister for Industry and Commerce” shall be substituted for the expression “quarter sessions”;

(c) in sub-section (3) of section 7 the words “thirtieth day of June” shall be substituted for the words “first day of April”;

(d) in sub-section (4) of section 7 the words “thirty-first day of March” shall be substituted for the words “fifteenth day of January”; and

(e) in sub-section (1) of section 14 the words “section five” shall be substituted for the words “section four.”

(2) Paragraph (c) of sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Act of 1920 is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that all expenses incurred by the Minister under the Act of 1920 or this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of the fund established under section 7 of the Act of 1920.