{"id":"mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976","name":"Mobil Lubricating Oil Refinery (Indenture) Act 1976","slug":"mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":109846,"registerId":"sa-mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mobil Lubricating Oil Refinery (Indenture) Act 1976","content":"South Australia\nMobil Lubricating Oil Refinery (Indenture) Act 1976\nAn Act to approve and ratify an Indenture made between the State of South Australia and Mobil Oil Australia Limited; to provide for the carrying into effect of that Indenture; and for other purposes.\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tApproval and ratification\n5\tLocal government rates\n6\tCargo service charges\n7\tAppropriation\n9\tEntitlement to draw water\n10\tPilotage and harbor and navigation charges\n11\tPower to dispense with compliance with any Act or by-law\nSchedule 1—Indenture\nLegislative history\n\nThe Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:\n1—Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Mobil Lubricating Oil Refinery (Indenture) Act 1976.\n3—Interpretation\n\t(1)\tIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\nthe Company means Mobil Oil Australia Limited a company incorporated in the State of Victoria and having its registered office at No. 2 City Road, Melbourne, in that State and to the necessary extent includes any person to whom any right, power, benefit or privilege conferred on the Company by the Indenture is pursuant to the Indenture, assigned or otherwise disposed of;\nthe Indenture means the Indenture a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.\n\t(2)\tWhere an expression used in this Act is defined in Clause 1 of the Indenture that expression shall, for the purposes of this Act, and unless the contrary intention appears, bear the meaning assigned to it by that Clause.\n4—Approval and ratification\n\t(1)\tThe Indenture is hereby approved and ratified.\n\t(2)\tThe Government of the State and any authority or instrumentality of the State are hereby authorised, empowered and required to do all things necessary or expedient for the carrying into effect of the Indenture.\n5—Local government rates\n\t(1)\tThe rates payable to the council of the local government area in which the lube refinery site is situated in respect of the lube refinery site and the lube refinery shall be—\n\t(a)\tfor the year ending 30 June 2001—the sum of $995 758;\n\t(ab)\tfor the year ending 30 June 2002—the sum of $615 000;\n\t(ac)\tfor the year ending 30 June 2003—the sum of $492 000;\n\t(ad)\tfor the year ending 30 June 2004—the sum of $410 000;\n\t(b)\tfor each subsequent year—whichever of the following sums is the lesser:\n\t(i)\tthe sum obtained by increasing the amount payable under this section in respect of the immediately preceding financial year by the increase (if any) in the Consumer Price Index (All groups index for Adelaide) during the period of 12 months ending on 31 March in that financial year; or\n\t(ii)\tthe sum obtained in accordance with the following formula:\n\nwhere—\nS = the sum payable in respect of the relevant year, expressed in dollars:\nX = the sum payable in respect of the year immediately preceding the relevant year, expressed in dollars:\nA = the total amount payable to the council in respect of rates declared under Chapter 10 Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 by the council in the relevant year on ratable property within the prescribed area:\nB = the number of rateable properties in relation to which the rates referred to in Item A of this formula were declared:\nC = the total amount payable to the council in respect of rates declared under Chapter 10 Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 by the council in the year immediately preceding the relevant year on rateable property within the prescribed area:\nD = the number of rateable properties in relation to which the rates referred to in Item C of this formula were declared.\n\t(2)\tPayment of the amounts prescribed in this section shall be a discharge of all liability of the Company for council rates in respect of the lube refinery site and the lube refinery.\n\t(3)\tIn this section—\nthe prescribed area means—\n\t(a)\tall that land in the Hundred of Noarlunga bounded by Sullivan Terrace, Baden Terrace, Morrow Road and Galloway Road; and\n\t(b)\tall that land contained in section 640 in the Hundred of Noarlunga that was on the first day of January, 1976, zoned \"Residential 1\"; and\n\t(c)\tall that land contained in section 646 in the Hundred of Noarlunga that lies to the east of Vincent Street.\n\t(4)\tThe rates payable pursuant to this section shall—\n\t(a)\tin the case of rates payable for the year ending 30th June, 1977, be due and payable at the expiration of the second month next following the commencement of this Act; and\n\t(b)\tin the case of rates payable for any subsequent year be due and payable on the 1st day of February in that year,\nand any such rates due and payable may be sued for and recovered by the council as a debt due to it.\n\t(5)\tThe foregoing provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding any other Act or enactment or any rate at any time declared or levied by any district or municipal council.\n6—Cargo service charges\nNotwithstanding any Act or other enactment, whether passed or enacted before, on or after the commencement of this Act, relating to inward or outward cargo service charges, the liability of the Company for inward or outward cargo service charges shall be as determined pursuant to clauses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Indenture and as if those clauses were enacted in this Act.\n7—Appropriation\nAny moneys required to be paid by the State pursuant to the Indenture shall be paid out of the General Revenue of the State which is hereby to the necessary extent appropriated accordingly.\n9—Entitlement to draw water\nNotwithstanding any Act or law to the contrary, the Company may draw water from the sea at any place adjacent to the refinery site, as defined in the Oil Refinery (Hundred of Noarlunga) Indenture Act 1958, and use such water for cooling and other purposes of the lube refinery.\n10—Pilotage and harbor and navigation charges\nClause 8 of the Indenture set out in the Schedule to the Oil Refinery (Hundred of Noarlunga) Indenture Act 1958 shall apply and have effect to and in relation to the Company in the same manner and to the same extent as it applies and has effect to and in relation to the Company as defined in that Act.\n11—Power to dispense with compliance with any Act or by-law\n\t(1)\tThe Governor may by regulation dispense with, suspend or vary, so far as is necessary for the carrying out or giving effect to the Indenture any provision of an Act, by-law, rule or regulation or other provision having the force of law (under whatever authority made) and which in the opinion of the Governor prevents or impedes or would prevent or impede the carrying into effect of the Indenture and any such regulation shall apply and have effect as if it were enacted in this Act.\n\t(2)\tThe Governor may from time to time by regulation revoke or vary any regulation made under subsection (1) of this section and that revocation or variation shall have effect as if it were enacted in this Act.\nSchedule 1—Indenture\nTHIS INDENTURE made the twenty-ninth day of July, 1976, BETWEEN: THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (hereinafter referred to as \"the State\") of the one part AND MOBIL OIL AUSTRALIA LIMITED a company incorporated in the State of Victoria and having its registered office at No. 2 City Road, Melbourne, in the State of Victoria (hereinafter with its successors and assigns referred to as \"Mobil\") of the other part.\nWHEREAS Mobil proposes with the approval of the State to construct a lubricating oil refinery on portion of the land comprising the refinery site as defined in the Oil Refinery (Hundred of Noarlunga) Indenture Act 1958–1967, and the Indenture set forth in the Schedule to that Act.\nAND WHEREAS the State has agreed subject to the ratification of this Indenture by the Parliament of South Australia to assist Mobil as herein set forth to enable the said lubricating oil refinery to be constructed and operated.\nNOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the State and Mobil HEREBY COVENANT AND AGREE WITH EACH OTHER as follows:—\n1.\t\n\t(1)\tIn this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires:—\n\"cargo service charge\" means a charge payable under the law of the State in respect of goods loaded onto a vessel (\"outward cargo service charge\"), or unloaded from a vessel (\"inward cargo service charge\"), at port facilities provided by or on behalf of the State;\n\"lube refinery feedstock\" means any petroleum substance used as a feedstock by and in the manufacturing process carried out in the lube refinery, not being a finished petroleum product;\n\"finished petroleum product\" means a petroleum substance—\n\t(a)\tthat is intended for marketing without further processing or blending; and\n\t(b)\tthat meets marketing specifications for finished petroleum products;\n\"the Act\" means the Oil Refinery (Hundred of Noarlunga) Indenture Act 1958–1967;\n\"the Consumer Price Index\" means the Consumer Price Index (all groups index-weighted average, eight capital cities) published by the Commonwealth Statistician under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 of the Commonwealth;\n\"the original Indenture\" means the Indenture set forth in the Schedule to the Act;\n\"the lube refinery\" means the refinery established on the lube refinery site including any additions and changes made thereto from time to time;\n\"the lube refinery site\" means that piece of land situated in the Hundred of Noarlunga County of Adelaide being the land comprised in Certificate of Title Register Book Volume 3948 Folio 4;\n\"P.R.A.\" means the Company as defined in the original Indenture and which is now named Petroleum Refineries (Australia) Pty. Limited;\n\"the P.R.A. refinery\" means the oil refinery established pursuant to the original Indenture, including any additions and changes made thereto from time to time;\n\"the marine installations\" means the anchorage, submarine pipelines, wharves, jetties, landing places, and other marine facilities provided by P.R.A. in St. Vincent Gulf and being within and in the vicinity of the place defined and named \"Port Stanvac\" by proclamation dated the 7th day of July, 1960, and published in the Government Gazette of the same day at page 1;\n\"Port Adelaide\" has the same meaning as in the Harbors and Navigation Act 1993.\n\t(2)\tThis Indenture shall be interpreted according to the laws for the time being in force in the State.\n2.\t\n\t(1)\tThe Government of the State will, as soon as practicable after the execution of this Indenture, introduce a Bill into the Parliament of South Australia to approve and ratify this Indenture and to provide for carrying it into effect.\n\t(2)\tIf such a Bill is not passed before the 31st day of December, 1977, the clauses of this Indenture other than this clause shall not come into operation.\n3.\t\n\t(1)\tThis Indenture is made subject to Mobil having already completed, or within such period as the State may allow, completing the construction on the lube refinery site of a lubricating oil refinery having a designed production capacity of not less than 3 000 barrels of lubricating oil per day.\n\t(2)\tUntil such time as the said lubricating oil refinery is constructed and commences to operate, the clauses of this Indenture, other than Clauses 1, 2 and 3, shall not commence to operate and if the lubricating oil refinery is not constructed as provided in Clause 3(1), the clauses of this Indenture other than Clauses 1, 2 and 3 shall have no effect.\n\t(3)\tMobil shall in the design, erection, equipment and operation of the lube refinery, comply with accepted modern oil refinery practice and standards.\n5.\t\n\t(1)\tNotwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture or in the original Indenture, for the purpose of calculating the amount of the charge payable under clause 4 in respect of lube refinery feedstock unloaded by means of the marine installations except as mentioned in Clause 5(2) petroleum products shall be understood not to be distributed whilst they are inside or on the way to either the lube refinery site, the P.R.A. site or any other site owned by Mobil in which petroleum products may lawfully be kept or stored or temporarily placed and being within five kilometres of the nearest boundary of the lube refinery site.\n\t(2)\tThe exception is where petroleum products are passed from one such site to another such site and are consumed there other than as refinery feedstock.\n6.\t\n\t(1)\tSubject to this clause, where, for any year ending on 1 February, the total amount paid for that year under clause 4(1) of this Indenture and clause 9(1) of the original Indenture in respect of lube refinery feedstock and feedstock for the P.R.A. refinery unloaded by means of the marine installations in respect of—\n\t(a)\tlube refinery feedstock; and\n\t(b)\tfeedstock for the P.R.A. refinery to the extent that it is calculated on the volume of Mobil owned petroleum products manufactured at the P.R.A. refinery and distributed by Mobil (which shall include distribution by P.R.A. of such petroleum products by means of P.R.A.'s pipeline to Mobil's Birkenhead Terminal),\nexceeds the prescribed amount, the State shall pay to Mobil, as soon as practicable, the amount of the excess.\n\t(1a)\tFor the purposes of subclause (1), \"the prescribed amount\" means—\n\t(a)\tin respect of each year up to and including the year ending on 1 February, 1986—$476 000; and\n\t(b)\tin respect of the year ending on 1 February, 1987—$520 000; and\n\t(c)\tin respect of the year ending on 1 February, 1988—a sum that bears to $600 000 the same proportion as the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of 1986 bears to the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of 1985; and\n\t(d)\tin respect of the year ending on 1 February, 1989—a sum that bears to $690 000 the same proportion as the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of 1987 bears to the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of 1985; and\n\t(e)\tin respect of the year ending on 1 February, 1990—a sum that bears to $790 000 the same proportion as the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of 1988 bears to the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of 1985; and\n\t(f)\tin respect of each of the years ending on 1 February in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996—a sum that bears to $850 000 the same proportion as the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of the preceding calendar year but one bears to the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter of 1985.\n\t(2)\tIn calculating any amount to be paid by the State pursuant to sub-clause (1) of this clause, no account shall be taken, in any such year, of any amount paid under clause 4(1) of this Indenture or clause 9(1) of the original Indenture based on any excess portion of the volume of Mobil owned petroleum products manufactured at the P.R.A. refinery in respect of which a charge under those clauses is calculated, if such Mobil owned volume exceeds, in any such year:—\n\t(i)\t76% (seventy six per cent) of the maximum yearly production capacity of the P.R.A. refinery at the time the lube refinery comes into operation\nplus\n\t(ii)\ta volume equal to any increase in Mobil's share of the maximum yearly production capacity of the P.R.A. refinery beyond that calculated in accordance with Clause 6(2)(i), which increase results from an expansion of the P.R.A. refinery after the time the lube refinery comes into operation.\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of paragraphs (i) and (ii) of sub-clause (2) of this clause, the maximum yearly production capacity of the P.R.A. refinery shall be such capacity as certified by P.R.A. and approved by the Treasurer of the State of South Australia.\n7.\tNo charge is payable to the Minister for Transport in respect of—\n\t(a)\tpetroleum products produced at the lube refinery and loaded at the marine installations; or\n\t(b)\tpetroleum products produced at the lube refinery and loaded at Port Adelaide if the products are—\n\t(i)\ttransported by pipeline or other means of land transport to Port Adelaide; and\n\t(ii)\ttransported by sea from Port Adelaide and subsequently unloaded at port facilities provided by or on behalf of the State.\n8.\t\n\t(1)\tPetroleum products produced at the lube refinery and transported by sea to Port Adelaide are not liable to an inward cargo service charge at that port unless harbor works and facilities additional to those in existence at the time of the execution of this Indenture are provided at that port by or on behalf of the State and are used for unloading or landing such products.\nIf such facilities are so used, inward cargo services charges appropriate to the amount expended by or on behalf of the State on the provision of such additional facilities will be payable.\n\t(2)\tA charge is payable in respect of—\n\t(a)\tpetroleum products unloaded at Port Pirie, Port Lincoln or at any other port in the State (other than Port Adelaide) if the products were produced at the lube refinery and transported to that port by sea; and\n\t(b)\tpetroleum products unloaded at any port in the State if the products were produced at the lube refinery and—\n\t(i)\tare transported to Port Adelaide by pipeline or other means of land transport; and\n\t(ii)\tare transported by sea from Port Adelaide to the port at which they are unloaded.\n\t(3)\tA charge under subclause (2) is payable at a rate equal to the rate of inward cargo service charge under the scale fixed from time to time in respect of bulk liquid cargo unloaded at that port and is payable to the authority who has the care, control and management of the port.\n9.\tExcept as expressly provided, this Indenture does not confer any exemption from charges payable under the law of the State for the use of port facilities, or services provided by or on behalf of the State at such facilities.\n12.\t\n\t(1)\tWith the written consent of the State, Mobil may assign or otherwise dispose of, to any person, any right, power, benefit, or privilege conferred on Mobil by this Indenture.\n\t(2)\tA person to whom any right, power, benefit or privilege is so assigned or disposed of may, with the written consent of the State, further assign or dispose of it.\n\t(3)\tMobil may with the written consent of the State cause any of its obligations or duties under this Indenture to be performed by any other Company, but notwithstanding such consent Mobil shall remain liable for any failure to perform such obligations or duties.\n\t(4)\tNo consent shall be required for the assignment of any right, power, benefit or privilege conferred on Mobil by this Indenture to, or for the performance of Mobil's obligations or duties under this Indenture by, a company more than 50 per cent of the issued shares of which are owned directly or indirectly by Mobil Oil Corporation, a company incorporated in the State of New York, U.S.A.\n\t(5)\tThe State shall not arbitrarily or unreasonably withhold consent to any assignment or disposition under this clause.\n13.\tAny consent or permission to be given by the State under this Indenture shall be deemed to be duly given if given by notice in writing to Mobil signed by the Premier or Acting Premier of the State.\n14.\t\n\t(1)\t—\n\t(a)\tMobil may, subject to the consent of P.R.A. use and occupy the foreshore adjacent to the refinery site and the marine installations and the Bill referred to in Clause 2 of this Indenture shall provide for the amendment of Sections 6 and 7 of the Act to such extent as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this paragraph.\n\t(b)\tMobil may, subject to the consent of P.R.A. use the facilities constructed and provided or to be provided in accordance with paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) of Clause 5 of the original Indenture but the State shall not be obliged to construct, maintain or arrange for any such facilities to any greater extent than the original Indenture provides.\n\t(c)\tMobil may draw water from the sea as provided for in paragraph (c) of sub‑clause (1) of Clause 6 of the original Indenture.\n\t(d)\tMobil shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of Clause 8 of the original Indenture.\n\t(2)\tIt is confirmed that the expression \"the refinery\" as used in the Act and the original Indenture has the same meaning as \"the P.R.A. refinery\" as herein defined.\n\t(3)\tExcept as is expressly provided by this Indenture, nothing herein contained shall affect any of the provisions of the original Indenture nor impose any obligation upon the State or the Government of the State to introduce any Bill into the Parliament of South Australia to vary the original Indenture or to amend any provisions of the Act.\n\nIN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have executed these presents the day and year first hereinbefore written.\nHIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA caused the public seal of the State to be hereto affixed and signed this Indenture on the twenty-ninth day of July 1976 in the presence of:\nD.J. HOPGOOD\n}\nM.L. OLIPHANT\nL.S.\nTHE COMMON SEAL of MOBIL OIL AUSTRALIA, LIMITED was hereto affixed in the presence of:\nN.W. MORRISON, Secretary\n}\nJ.B. LESLIE, Director\nL.S.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tPlease note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.\n\t•\tEarlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nLegislation amended by principal Act\nThe Mobil Lubricating Oil Refinery (Indenture) Act 1976 amended the following:\nOil Refinery (Hundred of Noarlunga) Indenture Act 1958\nPrincipal Act and amendments\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\nCommencement\n1976\n78\n Mobil Lubricating Oil Refinery (Indenture) Act 1976\n9.12.1976\n24.2.1977 (Gazette 24.2.1977 p491)\n1986\n42\n Mobil Lubricating Oil Refinery (Indenture) Act Amendment Act 1986\n4.9.1986\n1.2.1986: s 2 \n1994\n74\n Statutes Amendment (Oil Refineries) Act 1994\n1.12.1994\nPt 3 (ss 5 & 6)—1.12.1994\n2001\n70\n Statutes Amendment (Mobil Oil Refineries) Act 2001\n6.12.2001\nPt 3 (s 5)—6.12.2001\n2003\n44\n Statute Law Revision Act 2003\n23.10.2003\n Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048)\nProvisions amended\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nLong title\namended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)\n24.11.2003\ns 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n24.11.2003\ns 5\n\n\ns 5(1)\namended by 70/2001 s 5(a)—(c)\n6.12.2001\ns 5(2)\namended by 70/2001 s 5(d)\n6.12.2001\ns 6\n\n\ns 6(1)\ns 6 redesignated as s 6(1) by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\n\namended by 74/1994 s 5\n1.12.1994\ns 6(2)\ninserted by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\n\ndeleted in pursuance of the Acts Republication Act 1967 as its function is now exhausted\n1.12.1994\ns 8\ndeleted in pursuance of the Acts Republication Act 1967 as its function is now exhausted\n1.12.1994\nSch 1\nheading substituted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)\n24.11.2003\nIndenture\n\n\ncl 1\n\n\ncl 1(1)\n\n\ncargo service charge\ninserted by 74/1994 s 6(a)\n1.12.1994\nlube refinery feedstock\namended by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\nfinished petroleum product\ninserted by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\nthe Consumer Price Index\ninserted by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\nPort Adelaide\nsubstituted by 74/1994 s 6(b)\n1.12.1994\ncl 4\namended by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\n\nsubstituted by 74/1994 s 6(c)\n1.12.1994\n\nexpired: cl 4(7)—omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n(1.2.1996)\ncl 5\n\n\ncl 5(1)\namended by 74/1994 s 6(d)\n1.12.1994\ncl 6\n\n\ncl 6(1)\namended by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\n\namended by 74/1994 s 6(e)\n1.12.1994\ncl 6(1a)\ninserted by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\ncl 6(2)\namended by 74/1994 s 6(f), (g)\n1.12.1994\ncl 6(4)\ndeleted by 42/1986 s 3\n1.2.1986\ncl 7\nsubstituted by 74/1994 s 6(h)\n1.12.1994\ncl 8\n\n\ncl 8(1)\namended by 74/1994 s 6(i)—(l)\n1.12.1994\ncl 8(2) and (3)\nsubstituted by 74/1994 s 6(m)\n1.12.1994\ncl 9\nsubstituted by 74/1994 s 6(n)\n1.12.1994\ncll 10 and 11\ndeleted by 74/1994 s 6(n)\n1.12.1994\nSch 2\ndeleted in pursuance of the Acts Republication Act 1967 as its function is now exhausted\n1.12.1994\nHistorical versions\nReprint No 1—1.10.1991\n\nReprint No 2—1.12.1994\n\nReprint No 3—6.12.2001\n\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Act’s operative scope has been altered by later amendments: statutory rate amounts, CPI indexing and payment timings in s5 were updated (amended 2001); cargo service charge definitions and port‑related clauses were revised (amended 1994 and 1986); several clauses were substituted, expired or deleted over time (see Legislative history entries for 1986, 1994, 2001, 2003). These amendments changed who pays and how charges and state payments are calculated and applied."},"complexity_factors":["Dependence on an external contractual document (the Indenture in Schedule 1) with many defined terms and cross‑references (see s3(2), Schedule 1)","Complex, multi‑year, partially indexed council rate schedule and alternative formula with CPI linkage and a multi‑variable formula (s5)","Layered treatment of cargo service charges tying state liability and reimbursements to indexed prescribed amounts and volume thresholds (Indenture cl6 and cl6(1a))","Conditional commencement and performance obligations tied to construction and capacity milestones for the refinery (Indenture cl2 and cl3)","Broad executive discretion to dispense with or vary other Acts, by‑laws or regulations to carry the Indenture into effect (s11), creating implementation flexibility and legal uncertainty","Assignment and performance rules allowing transfers and subcontracting subject to State consent with a carve‑out for majority‑owned Mobil affiliates, plus a reasonableness limitation on withholding consent (Indenture cl12)","Interplay and amendment history with an earlier Indenture and the Oil Refinery (Hundred of Noarlunga) Indenture Act 1958, requiring interpretation across multiple instruments (Schedule 1 cl1 and legislative history)","Multiple later statutory amendments that alter definitions, charged items and operation of clauses (see amendments in 1986, 1994, 2001 and 2003 in Legislative history)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act approves and gives statutory effect to an Indenture between South Australia and Mobil Oil Australia that sets specific commercial terms for a Mobil lubricating‑oil refinery — fixing council rates, allocating liability for cargo service charges, allowing seawater draw for cooling, and committing the State to certain payments. It directly affects Mobil, the State, the local council and port authorities because it substitutes bespoke charges, exemptions and procedural rules for ordinary law to implement the Indenture."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether the scope changed from original intent — the legislative text was not retrievable. Historically, indenture acts of this type sometimes had their scope expanded or narrowed through amendment acts, but no such information could be confirmed from the available content."},"complexity_factors":["Actual legislative text was unavailable — a 'Page Not Found' error was returned instead of the document","Only the Act's title could be analysed, making substantive complexity assessment impossible","Indenture-style Acts from this era can involve complex schedules, royalty arrangements, and land tenure provisions — but none could be confirmed here","Score of 2 reflects uncertainty rather than confirmed simplicity; the true complexity could be significantly higher"],"plain_english_summary":"Based on its title, this 1976 South Australian Act appears to give legal force to a specific commercial indenture between the government and Mobil Oil for a lubricating‑oil refinery — effectively authorising a major industrial investment and associated rights or concessions. It would historically affect Mobil, refinery workers, and the state economy; its present-day relevance is likely limited. \n\nThis summary is inferred from the title only; the full Act was not available for review."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has grown significantly beyond its original 1976 purpose. The original Act established a fixed-rate regime for council rates and cargo charges for a specific lubricating oil refinery project. However, amendments in 1986, 1994, and particularly 2001 have extended the rates formula indefinitely (originally temporary), updated CPI mechanisms, and modified cargo charge calculations. The 2001 amendments significantly restructured the rates calculation from fixed dollar amounts to a complex comparative formula against neighbouring properties, effectively changing from a simple subsidy to a sophisticated rate-capping mechanism. The legislative history shows the Act has been amended four times over 25 years to adjust financial terms, suggesting the original 'locked in' deal required repeated government intervention to remain viable or acceptable."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to the 1958 Oil Refinery (Hundred of Noarlunga) Indenture Act, requiring readers to understand two interlocking statutes simultaneously","Complex mathematical formula in section 5(1)(b)(ii) for calculating rates involving four variables (S, X, A, B, C, D) and CPI indexation","Multiple temporal conditions with specific cut-off dates (years ending 30 June 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, then subsequent years)","Nested conditional logic in Clause 6 with prescribed amounts varying by specific years (1986-1996), CPI adjustments, and percentage caps on refinery production volumes","Broad discretionary power in section 11 allowing the Governor to suspend or vary 'any provision of an Act, by-law, rule or regulation' — creating legal uncertainty about what laws actually apply","Assignment and novation provisions in Clause 12 with multiple sub-conditions including 50% share ownership tests for related companies","Definition of 'prescribed area' in section 5(3) using historical land descriptions (Hundred of Noarlunga, specific roads, 1976 zoning) that require cadastral knowledge to interpret"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a South Australian law from 1976 that formalises a special deal between the State Government and Mobil Oil Australia Limited to build and operate a lubricating oil refinery at Port Stanvac (near Adelaide).\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Ratifies a contract** (called an \"Indenture\") that locks in specific financial and operational terms for Mobil's refinery\n- **Fixes council rates** for the refinery site, starting at nearly $1 million per year in 2001, then dropping and eventually being calculated by a complex formula that compares the refinery's rates to what neighbouring properties pay\n- **Exempts Mobil from certain charges** that normally apply to cargo moving through ports, including caps on how much they pay for unloading feedstock and rebates if charges exceed set amounts\n- **Allows Mobil to draw seawater** for cooling purposes without needing other permits\n- **Gives the Governor extraordinary power** to override virtually any other South Australian law or regulation that might interfere with the refinery project\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Mobil Oil Australia Limited** (now part of ExxonMobil) — gets significant financial concessions and legal exemptions\n- **Local councils** — specifically the City of Onkaparinga area, which must accept fixed rates instead of normal property valuations\n- **South Australian taxpayers** — who subsidise the rebates and infrastructure costs\n- **Other port users** — who don't get these exemptions and effectively cross-subsidise Mobil's discounted rates\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is an example of \"state agreement legislation\" — where a government passes a specific Act to give one company special legal and financial treatment that isn't available to anyone else. The law overrides normal planning, environmental, and local government laws. These deals were common for major resource projects in the 1970s but are controversial because they can lock in outdated terms for decades and are very difficult to change without the company's consent."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976","history":"/api/acts/mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mobil-lubricating-oil-refinery-indenture-act-1976/documents"}}