{"id":"natural-gas-authority-act-1967","name":"Natural Gas Authority Act 1967","slug":"natural-gas-authority-act-1967","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106082,"registerId":"sa-natural-gas-authority-act-1967-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Natural Gas Authority Act 1967","content":"South Australia\nNatural Gas Authority Act 1967\nAn Act to make provision for the establishment of an authority to be known as the Pipelines Authority of South Australia; to confer on the authority power to construct and operate pipelines for the conveyance of petroleum and to do things incidental or in relation thereto; and for other purposes.\n\nContents\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\nPart 2—The Authority\n4\tThe Authority\n5\tThe Authority's corporate status and capacity\n6\tConstitution of the Authority\n7\tAuthority to hold its property for the Crown\nPart 3—Functions and powers of Authority\n8\tFunctions of the Authority\nPart 4—Statutory easements\n9\tCreation of statutory easements\n10\tLand subject to statutory easement\n11\tRights conferred by statutory easement\n12\tEffect of statutory easement on existing interests etc\n13\tRegistrar-General to note statutory easement\n14\tRegistration of statutory easement or part of statutory easement\n15\tMinimisation of damage etc\n15A\tNotice of prescribed works on land subject to statutory easement\nPart 5—Sale of pipelines etc\n16\tSale of assets\n17\tTransferred instruments\n18\tGrant of pipeline licence\n19\tRegistrar's duty to record vesting of land\n20\tEvidence\n21\tSaving provision\n23\tAuditor-General to be kept informed of negotiations for sale agreement\nPart 6—Dissolution of the Authority\n24\tDissolution of the Authority\nPart 7—Miscellaneous\n25\tAct to apply despite Real Property Act 1886\n26\tPipeline leases\n27\tGrant of licences etc by the Authority\n28\tAboriginal interests\n29\tMinister's power to qualify statutory rights\n30\tInteraction between this Act and other Acts\n31\tJoint ventures\n32\tExclusion of liability\n33\tAuthority's immunities\n34\tExclusion of rules governing easements in gross\n35\tDisposal of assets and liabilities\n36\tProtection for disclosure and use of information etc\n37\tEvidentiary provision\n38\tRegulations\nSchedule 1—Staff and superannuation\n1\tInterpretation\n2\tTransfer of certain staff\n3\tSuperannuation—State Scheme contributors who have reached the age of 55 years\n4\tState Scheme contributors who have not reached the age of 55 years\n5\tNon-application of certain provisions of the Superannuation Act 1988\n6\tExtension of time\nSchedule 2—Description and map of statutory easements\nLegislative history\nAppendix—Divisional penalties and expiation fees\n\nThe Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1—Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Natural Gas Authority Act 1967.\n3—Interpretation\nIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\nadjustment period means a period commencing on the commencement of Part 4 and ending on a date fixed by proclamation;\nasset means—\n\t(a)\ta present, contingent or future legal or equitable estate or interest in real or personal property; or\n\t(b)\ta present, contingent or future right, power, privilege or immunity;\nAuthority means the body corporate established as the Pipelines Authority of South Australia which continues in existence as the Natural Gas Authority of South Australia;\ndesignated pipeline means the Moomba-Adelaide pipeline or the Katnook pipeline;\nKatnook pipeline means the Katnook natural gas pipeline (including all branches and laterals) delineated in Schedule 2;\nland includes any estate or interest in land and any easement, right, power or privilege in, under, over, affecting, or in connection with, land;\nliability means a present, contingent or future liability or obligation (including a non-pecuniary obligation);\nMinister in the context of a particular provision means—\n\t(a)\ta Minister to whom the relevant Ministerial function has been specifically assigned by the Governor; or\n\t(b)\tif the relevant Ministerial function has not been specifically assigned to a particular Minister, the Minister for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act;\nMoomba-Adelaide pipeline means the Moomba-Adelaide pipeline (including all branches and laterals) delineated in Schedule 2;\noperator of a pipeline means the body corporate1 licensed under the Petroleum Act 1940 to operate the pipeline;\noutlying land in relation to a pipeline, means all land that is outside the boundaries of the servient land but within 5 kilometres of the centreline of the pipeline (measured in a horizontal plane to each side of the centreline at right angles to the centreline);\npetroleum means—\n\t(a)\tany naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or\n\t(b)\tany naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or\n\t(c)\tany naturally occurring mixture of one or more hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state, whether or not occurring with or in combination with other substances; or\n\t(d)\tany hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons produced by the refining of a substance referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this definition; or\n\t(e)\tany mixture of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons so produced with another substance or other substances; or\n\t(f)\tany prescribed substance or prescribed mixture of substances;\npipeline means a pipe or system of pipes for conveying petroleum or any derivative thereof and includes all apparatus and equipment incidental thereto or used or intended to be used in connection therewith;\npipeline lease means a perpetual lease granted under section 26;\nservient land means land subject to the statutory easement created under Part 4;\ntransferred asset means an asset transferred to a purchaser under Part 5;\ntransferred liability means a liability transferred to a purchaser under Part 5.\nNote—\n1\tThe operator of a pipeline must be a body corporate—See Petroleum Act 1940, section 80D(7).\nNote—\nFor definition of divisional penalties (and divisional expiation fees) see Appendix.\nPart 2—The Authority\n4—The Authority\nThe Authority continues as the Natural Gas Authority of South Australia.\n5—The Authority's corporate status and capacity\n\t(1)\tThe Authority is a body corporate.\n\t(2)\tThe Authority has the legal capacity of a natural person of full age and capacity.\n\t(3)\tThe Authority has a common seal.\n\t(4)\tThe common seal may be affixed to a document on the Minister's authority.\n\t(5)\tA document apparently bearing the common seal of the Authority will be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have been duly executed by the Authority.\n6—Constitution of the Authority\nThe Authority is constituted of the Minister.\n7—Authority to hold its property for the Crown\nThe Authority holds its property for and on behalf of the Crown.\nPart 3—Functions and powers of Authority\n8—Functions of the Authority\nThe Authority has the following functions:\n\t(a)\tto buy and sell petroleum;\n\t(b)\tto convey and deliver petroleum to a purchaser;\n\t(c)\tto complete outstanding obligations incurred before the commencement of this section (including obligations relating to the construction, maintenance and operation of pipelines);\n\t(d)\tto do anything incidental to the above.\nPart 4—Statutory easements\n9—Creation of statutory easements\n\t(1)\tA statutory easement exists in favour of the owner of the Moomba-Adelaide pipeline.\n\t(2)\tA statutory easement exists in favour of the owner of the Katnook pipeline.\n\t(3)\tA statutory easement is an easement in gross that does not depend on the existence of a dominant tenement.\n\t(4)\tSubject to the terms of any transaction entered into by the owner of a pipeline with the Minister's consent, the statutory easement cannot be dealt with independently of the pipeline to which it relates and attaches to the owner in that capacity (and hence if there is a change of ownership, the new owner of the pipeline becomes the proprietor of the statutory easement without conveyance).\n[If the Minister approves, the owner of the pipeline may make a partial surrender of the statutory easement by written notice of surrender given to the Minister accompanied by surveys and other documents that the Minister may require. On surrender, the boundaries of the servient land are modified to accord with the surrender. If the owner of the pipeline acquires an easement adjacent to the servient land, the easement is, if the Minister approves, subsumed under the statutory easement and the boundaries of the servient land are modified accordingly.]\n10—Land subject to statutory easement\n\t(1)\tThe land subject to a statutory easement (the servient land) extends—\n\t(a)\tfor the whole length of the pipeline as shown in the map and descriptions in Schedule 2; and\n\t(b)\tfrom the centreline of the pipeline on both sides of the pipeline for the distances specified in Schedule 2.\n\t(2)\tThe servient land also includes other land over which the Authority held an easement for the purposes of the pipeline immediately before the commencement of this Part.\n\t(3)\tThe boundaries of the servient land are fixed (subject to any transaction that may affect the boundaries) as at the commencement of this Part.\n\t(4)\tHowever—\n\t(a)\tthe Minister may, by instrument in writing signed before the end of the adjustment period, vary the boundaries of the statutory easement (with retrospective effect so that the statutory easement is, on its creation, subject to the variation) to avoid conflicts (or possible conflicts) between the rights conferred by the easement and other rights and interests; and\n\t(b)\tif a building, structure or fixture not associated with the operation of the pipeline was lawfully built on or affixed to the servient land before the commencement of this Part, the land on which the building, structure or fixture stands is not part of the servient land.\n\t(5)\tA copy of an instrument under subsection (4)(a) must be published in the Gazette.\n11—Rights conferred by statutory easement\n\t(1)\tThe statutory easement entitles the owner of the pipeline—\n\t(a)\tto install, maintain and operate a pipeline or pipelines across the servient land; and\n\t(b)\tto carry out an authorised purpose on the servient land; and\n\t(c)\tif associated equipment had, before the commencement of this Part, been installed on outlying land—to maintain the associated equipment (or associated equipment of the same kind) on that land and to carry out authorised purposes related to the associated equipment; and\n\t(d)\tto install and maintain associated equipment necessary for cathodic protection, electricity supply or water supply on outlying land, to carry out authorised purposes related to the associated equipment, and to carry out work on outlying land related to the installation, maintenance, repair or replacement of a pipeline across the servient land; and\n\t(e)\tto obtain water necessary for domestic requirements from a natural source, a reservoir or bore (but not if the natural source, reservoir or bore is on freehold land).\n[The Petroleum Act 1940 requires a pipeline licence for the construction or operation of a pipeline (See section 80D). The rights conferred by the statutory easement do not derogate from that requirement. Hence, the owner of the pipeline may only exercise rights conferred by the statutory easement (insofar as they relate to the construction or operation of a pipeline) if the owner of the pipeline itself holds a pipeline licence or acts through an agent that holds a pipeline licence. If the operator of the pipeline is not the owner or an agent of the owner, the owner may delegate powers under the statutory easement to the operator.]\n\t(1a)\tAny associated equipment installed on or under the servient or outlying land for the purposes of this section remains the property of the owner of the pipeline.\n\t(2)\tAn authorised purpose is one or more of the following purposes:\n\t(a)\tto install (or re-install) a pipeline and associated equipment;\n\t(b)\tto operate a pipeline or associated equipment;\n\t(c)\tto inspect a pipeline or associated equipment and monitor its operation;\n\t(d)\tto carry out maintenance work on a pipeline or associated equipment;\n\t(e)\tto extend, alter, repair or replace a pipeline or associated equipment;\n\t(f)\tto remove a pipeline or associated equipment.\n\t(3)\tAssociated equipment means equipment associated with the operation of the pipeline including—\n\t(a)\tcathodic protection equipment; and\n\t(b)\tequipment for transmission of electricity; and\n\t(c)\tequipment for providing water supply; and\n\t(d)\tfences and other protective structures and devices; and\n\t(e)\ttelecommunications equipment.\n\t(4)\tAn agent, contractor, or employee authorised by the owner of the pipeline may do anything (including work involving disturbance of land) authorised by the statutory easement and, for the purpose of doing so, may, at any time (with or without motor vehicles and other equipment), enter and pass over the servient land, outlying land and other land on either side of the pipeline over which it is reasonably necessary to pass to gain access to the servient land, outlying land or a natural source of water, a reservoir or a bore.\n\t(5)\tThe owner of the pipeline is liable for compensation as follows:\n\t(a)\tif associated equipment necessary for cathodic protection, electricity supply or water supply is installed on outlying land, or authorised purposes related to the associated equipment are carried out on outlying land, under subsection (1)(d), the occupier of the land is entitled to reasonable compensation from the owner of the pipeline for interference with the use or enjoyment of the land; and\n\t(b)\tif water is taken under subsection (1)(e), the person who would otherwise be entitled to the water is entitled to reasonable compensation from the owner of the pipeline.\n\t(6)\tThe amount of the compensation is to be fixed by agreement or, in default of agreement, by the Magistrates Court.\n12—Effect of statutory easement on existing interests etc\n\t(1)\tThe statutory easement extinguishes other easements and subleases in favour of the Authority to the extent the other easements or subleases relate to the servient land.\n\t(2)\tHowever—\n\t(a)\ta public right of way is not extinguished by the statutory easement; and\n\t(b)\trights related to the pipeline subject to Pipeline Licence No. 2 under the Petroleum Act 1940 are preserved but the preserved rights do not limit or fetter the following rights under the statutory easement—\n\t(i)\tthe right to maintain a designated pipeline (and associated equipment) in the position in which it was immediately before the commencement of this Part; and\n\t(ii)\tthe right to operate the pipeline (and associated equipment); and\n\t(iii)\tthe right to repair the pipeline or associated equipment or replace it with a new pipeline or new associated equipment in the same position; and\n\t(c)\tif an instrument that created an easement that is extinguished under subsection (1) contained a covenant indemnifying other persons interested in the land that was subject to the easement against loss or damage, the covenant continues in force but may be enforced only against the owner of the pipeline as at the time when the cause of action for the indemnity arose.\n\t(3)\tIf an easement that is registered under the Real Property Act 1886 is extinguished under this section, the Registrar-General must, on application by the Minister or any other interested person, cancel the registration of the easement.\n\t(4)\tA dedication of land of the Crown made before the commencement of this Part is, to the extent that it relates to the servient land, revoked.\n\t(5)\tA licence or permit granted by or on behalf of the Crown, a statutory authority, or a council to permit the installation, maintenance or operation of a pipeline on its land is, to the extent the licence or permit relates to the servient land, revoked.\n13—Registrar-General to note statutory easement\n\t(1)\tThe Registrar-General must, on application by the Authority, note the statutory easement on each certificate of title, or Crown lease, affected by the easement.\n\t(2)\tAn application under this section—\n\t(a)\tneed not include a plan of the statutory easement; but\n\t(b)\tmust include a schedule of all certificates of title and Crown leases affected by the easement.\n\t(3)\tThe Registrar-General is entitled to act on the basis of information included in the application and is not obliged to do anything to verify the accuracy of that information.\n14—Registration of statutory easement or part of statutory easement\n\t(1)\tThe Registrar-General must, on application by the owner of a statutory easement—\n\t(a)\tissue a certificate for the easement or a particular part of the easement; and\n\t(b)\tregister the easement on a certificate of title or a Crown lease that comprises any part of the servient land.\n\t(2)\tIf the statutory easement, or a particular part of the statutory easement, is registered under this section, the Registrar-General must on application by the owner of the easement, or a person interested in the dealing, register a dealing with the easement, or the relevant part of the easement, made with the consent of the Minister.\n\t(3)\tAn application under this section must be accompanied by—\n\t(a)\ta plan in a form approved by the Registrar-General of the servient land or the relevant part of the servient land; and\n\t(b)\tother documents and information required by the Registrar-General.\n15—Minimisation of damage etc\n\t(1)\tA person exercising rights under the statutory easement must take reasonable steps—\n\t(a)\tto minimise damage to land or other property (including damage to pastures and native vegetation) from work or activities carried out in the exercise of rights conferred by the statutory easement; and\n\t(b)\tto avoid unnecessary interference with land or other property, or the use or enjoyment of land or other property, from the exercise of rights under the statutory easement.\n\t(2)\tA person exercising rights under the statutory easement must not engage in activities involving substantial destruction of vegetation on the servient land unless—\n\t(a)\tthere is no feasible way of avoiding clearance of the vegetation if rights conferred by the easement are to be effectively exercised; or\n\t(b)\tthe Minister gives written approval for clearance of the vegetation.\n15A—Notice of prescribed works on land subject to statutory easement\n\t(1)\tAn owner or occupier of servient land must not carry out or permit the carrying out of prescribed works on or under the servient land without the prior written consent of the owner of the pipeline on the land.\nMaximum penalty: $60 000.\n\t(2)\tIf an owner or occupier of servient land proposes to carry out or permit the carrying out of prescribed works on or under the servient land, the owner or occupier must, at least 21 days before the date on which proposed prescribed works are to be carried out, by notice in writing to the owner of the pipeline—\n\t(a)\tadvise of the owner or occupier's intent to carry out prescribed works; and\n\t(b)\tspecify the nature of the prescribed works to be carried out.\n\t(3)\tSubject to subsection (5), the owner of the pipeline must, by notice in writing to the owner or occupier of servient land (as the case requires), within 14 days after receiving a notice under subsection (2) (or such longer time as agreed between the parties), consent or object to the proposed prescribed works.\n\t(4)\tThe owner of the pipeline may consent to the proposed prescribed works on conditions as agreed between the parties and set out in a notice under subsection (3).\n\t(5)\tThe owner of the pipeline must not object to the prescribed works unless the owner is of the opinion that the prescribed works would interfere with the safety or operation of the pipeline or associated equipment (within the meaning of section 11(3)).\n\t(6)\tThe owner of the pipeline must set out the reasons for the objection in a notice under subsection (3).\n\t(7)\tIf the owner of the pipeline gives notice of an objection, the owner of the pipeline must notify the Minister of the objection.\n\t(8)\tIf notice of an objection to the prescribed works is given, the Minister may attempt to mediate between the parties in order to arrive at mutually satisfactory terms under which the owner or occupier of servient land may carry out the prescribed works.\n\t(9)\tIf the Minister decides to attempt to mediate between the parties under subsection (8), the Minister must give the parties notice of his or her decision to do so within 21 days of receipt of the notice relating to the dispute under subsection (7), (and, for the purposes of subsection (10), if the Minister does not give the parties a notice within the 21 day period, it will be taken that the Minister has decided against attempting to reach a settlement of the dispute by mediation).\n\t(10)\tIf—\n\t(a)\tthe Minister decides against attempting to reach a settlement of the dispute by mediation; or\n\t(b)\tan attempt is made but the dispute is not resolved within a period specified by the Minister,\neither the owner or occupier of servient land or the owner of the pipeline may apply to the court for a resolution of the dispute.\n\t(11)\tThe court may, on an application under this section—\n\t(a)\tconfirm the notice of objection; or\n\t(b)\trevoke the notice of objection and determine terms under which the owner or occupier of servient land may carry out the prescribed works; or\n\t(c)\tremit the matter to the parties to the dispute for further consideration; or\n\t(d)\tmake any consequential or ancillary order or direction, or impose any condition, that the court considers necessary or expedient on account of an application under this section.\n\t(12)\tThe Minister may, by instrument in writing, delegate to a person (including a person for the time being holding or acting in a particular position) a function or power of the Minister under this section.\n\t(13)\tA delegation under subsection (12)—\n\t(a)\tmay be absolute or conditional; and\n\t(b)\tdoes not derogate from the power of the Minister to act in a matter; and\n\t(c)\tis revocable at will by the Minister; and\n\t(d)\tmay not be further delegated.\n\t(14)\tIn this section—\ncourt means the Warden's Court;\noccupier includes a person with a right to occupy the servient land, or a licensee or any holder of a right to use or carry on operations or activities on the servient land, but does not include a mortgagee in possession unless the mortgagee assumes active management of the servient land;\nowner, in relation to servient land, means—\n\t(a)\tif the land is unalienated from the Crown—the Crown; or\n\t(b)\tif the land is alienated from the Crown by grant in fee simple—the owner (at law or in equity) of the estate in fee simple; or\n\t(c)\tif the land is held from the Crown by lease or licence—the lessee or licensee; or\n\t(d)\tif the land is held from the Crown under an agreement to purchase—the person who has the right to purchase;\nprescribed works means—\n\t(a)\texcavating, drilling, installing or erecting any pit, well, foundation, pavement or other structure; or\n\t(b)\tdisturbing or altering the grades and contours of the servient land; or\n\t(c)\tplanting of trees or shrubs; or\n\t(d)\tstoring plant, machinery, equipment or materials; or\n\t(e)\tusing explosives.\nPart 5—Sale of pipelines etc\n16—Sale of assets\n\t(1)\tThe Treasurer may, by agreement (a sale agreement) with another (the purchaser), transfer assets1 and liabilities of the Authority to the purchaser.\n[There may be two or more agreements relating to different assets and liabilities with the same purchaser or with different purchasers.]\n\t(2)\tA sale agreement vests the relevant assets and liabilities in the purchaser in accordance with its terms.\n\t(3)\tOn the vesting of an asset in the purchaser under this section, the asset is discharged from the trust in favour of the Crown.2\n\t(4)\tIf a sale agreement so provides, a charge to which a transferred asset is subject ceases to apply to the asset on its transfer under the sale agreement.\n\t(5)\tIf a sale agreement provides for the transfer of a pipeline lease from the Authority, the transfer is (despite the Crown Lands Act 1929) effective without further approval or formality.\n\t(6)\tThe transfer of an asset or liability under this section operates by force of this Act and despite the provisions of any other law or instrument.\n\t(7)\tThe transfer of a liability under this section operates to discharge the Authority from the liability.\n\t(8)\tOut of the net proceeds of a sale under this section the Treasurer must pay to the Authority an amount sufficient to enable it to meet its outstanding obligations and must pay the balance to the Asset Management Task Force Operating Account at the Treasury to be used for the purpose of retiring State debt.\nNotes—\n1\tThe transfer of ownership of a pipeline operates automatically to transfer the relevant statutory easement (See section 9(4)).\n2\tSee section 7.\n17—Transferred instruments\n\t(1)\tA sale agreement may provide that instruments identified in the agreement, or to be identified as provided by the agreement, are to be transferred instruments.\n\t(2)\tIf an instrument is identified in, or under, a sale agreement as a transferred instrument, the instrument operates, as from a date specified in the sale agreement, as if references to the Authority were references to the purchaser.\n18—Grant of pipeline licence\n\t(1)\tOn the vesting of a pipeline in a purchaser, a pipeline licence for the pipeline must be issued under the Petroleum Act 1940.\n\t(2)\tThe terms and conditions of the licence must be—\n\t(a)\tas set out in the regulations; or\n\t(b)\tas determined by agreement between the relevant Minister and the purchaser.\n\t(3)\tOn the issue of a pipeline licence to the purchaser, the Authority's licence for the pipeline is revoked.\n19—Registrar's duty to record vesting of land\nIf an interest in land (other than a statutory easement under Part 4) vests in a purchaser under this Part, and the interest is registrable under the Real Property Act 1886, the Registrar-General must, on application by the Treasurer or the purchaser, register the vesting of the interest in the purchaser.\n20—Evidence\n\t(1)\tThe Treasurer or a person authorised by the Treasurer to give certificates under this section may issue a certificate certifying that—\n\t(a)\ta particular asset or liability has, or has not, been transferred to a particular purchaser under this Part; or\n\t(b)\ta particular instrument is, or is not, a transferred instrument and, if it is a transferred instrument, is to be read subject to specified modifications.\n\t(2)\tAn apparently genuine document that appears to be a certificate under this section must be accepted by courts, arbitrators, persons acting judicially, and administrative officials as evidence of the matters certified.\n21—Saving provision\nNothing done or allowed in accordance with this Part or a sale agreement—\n\t(a)\tconstitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or\n\t(b)\tconstitutes a breach of, or default under, a pre-existing contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or\n\t(c)\tconstitutes a breach of a duty of confidence that arises by contract, in equity, by custom or in any other way; or\n\t(d)\tconstitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or\n\t(e)\tterminates an agreement or obligation or fulfils a condition that allows a person to terminate an agreement or obligation; or\n\t(f)\tgives rise to any other right or remedy.\n23—Auditor-General to be kept informed of negotiations for sale agreement\nThe Treasurer must ensure that the Auditor-General is kept fully informed about the progress and outcome of negotiations for a sale agreement under this Act.\nPart 6—Dissolution of the Authority\n24—Dissolution of the Authority\n\t(1)\tThe Governor may, by proclamation—\n\t(a)\tdissolve the Authority; and\n\t(b)\tvest any of its remaining assets and liabilities in an authority or person nominated in the same or a later proclamation.\n\t(2)\tAssets and liabilities remaining after dissolution of the Authority, and disposition of its assets and liabilities under subsection (1), vest in the Crown.\n\t(3)\tAfter dissolution of the Authority, any statutory powers that might have been exercised by the Authority if it had continued in existence, are exercisable by the Minister.\nPart 7—Miscellaneous\n25—Act to apply despite Real Property Act 1886\n\t(1)\tThis Act applies to land whether or not it has been brought under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1886.\n\t(2)\tThis Act applies despite the provisions of the Real Property Act 1886, the Registration of Deeds Act 1935, or any other law; in particular, the statutory easement and the rights deriving from it are valid despite anything contained in those Acts or any other law.\n26—Pipeline leases\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may grant the Authority a lease (a pipeline lease) of land of the Crown over which a leasehold interest had been created (in favour of the Authority or some other person) before 1 July 1993.\n\t(2)\tA pipeline lease must be in the form prescribed by the regulations.\n\t(3)\tA pipeline lease is taken to be a perpetual lease under the Crown Lands Act 1929.\n\t(4)\tThe holder of a pipeline lease is entitled to reasonable access (with vehicles and equipment) to the land comprised in the lease across land that separates the land comprised in the lease from the nearest public road, the servient land or land comprised in another pipeline lease.\n\t(5)\tIf a pipeline lease is granted over land already subject to a lease or licence under the Crown Lands Act 1929 or the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 (a Crown tenement), the grant of the pipeline lease operates to resume the land subject to the pipeline lease from the land comprised in the earlier Crown tenement (without however giving rise to any right to compensation).\n\t(6)\tIf a pipeline lease is granted over land of the Crown that has been dedicated for a particular purpose, the grant revokes the dedication to the extent that it relates to land subject to the lease.\n\t(7)\tHowever, the Minister may, by instrument in writing, exclude land from the operation of subsection (5) or (6).\n[A copy of an instrument under this subsection must be published in the Gazette.]\n\t(8)\tIf a pipeline lease is granted over land excluded from the operation of subsection (5) (excluded land), the grant of the pipeline lease does not operate as a resumption of the excluded land, but the holder of the excluded land that is subject to the pipeline lease holds the land as a sub-tenant of the lessee under the pipeline lease on the same terms as the land was held from the Crown.\n\t(9)\tA pipeline lease cannot be assigned or dealt with in any other way without the approval of the Minister; but if the Minister approves the assignment or other dealing, no further consent or approval is required.\n\t(10)\tThe Registrar-General must, on application by an interested person accompanied by documents required by the Registrar-General, record transactions under this section in the Register of Crown Leases.\n\t(11)\tThe rights conferred by a pipeline lease, or by this section, on the holder of a pipeline lease, are subordinate to rights relating to the pipeline subject to Pipeline Licence No. 2 under the Petroleum Act 1940.\n27—Grant of licences etc by the Authority\n\t(1)\tThe Authority may grant licences over the Authority's property, or authorise another to use easements that exist in favour of the Authority, in order to facilitate the construction, operation, maintenance or repair of a natural gas or petroleum liquids pipeline, or related storage facilities.\n\t(2)\tAn authorisation to use an easement under subsection (1)—\n\t(a)\tconfers on the person to whom it is given rights of the proprietor of the easement set out in the authorisation; but\n\t(b)\tdoes not derogate from the Authority's rights under the easement.\n\t(3)\tIf an easement or other property affected by a licence or authorisation under this section or the corresponding previous enactment1 is transferred to another, the licence or authorisation remains in force.\nNote—\n1\tIe section 17(3) & (4) of this Act as it existed before its repeal by the Pipelines Authority (Sale of Pipelines) Amendment Act 1995.\n28—Aboriginal interests\n\t(1)\tThe creation of the statutory easement under this Act, or the grant of a pipeline lease, does not affect any native title that may exist in the land to which the easement or lease relates.\n\t(2)\tThe statutory easement or a pipeline lease under this Act does not derogate from pre-existing rights of Aboriginal people to enter, travel across or stay on land subject to the easement or lease.\n29—Minister's power to qualify statutory rights\nThe Minister may, by instrument in writing signed before the end of the adjustment period, limit rights, or impose conditions on the exercise of rights, over land outside the servient land arising under—\n\t(a)\ta statutory easement; or\n\t(b)\ta pipeline lease; or\n\t(c)\ta provision of this Act.\n30—Interaction between this Act and other Acts\n\t(1)\tA transaction to dispose of assets or liabilities of the Authority is not subject to the Land and Business (Sale and Conveyancing) Act 1994 (or, if that Act is not yet in operation, the corresponding previous enactment1).\n\t(2)\tNo consent, approval or authorisation is required under Part 4 of the Development Act 1993 for a transaction under this Act.\n\t(3)\tThis Act does not derogate from requirements under the Petroleum Act 1940 about safety or the protection of the environment.\nNote—\n1\tPart 10 of the Land Agents, Brokers and Valuers Act 1973.\n31—Joint ventures\n\t(1)\tIf the participants in a joint venture own or operate a designated pipeline, the participants are jointly and severally liable to the obligations under this Act.\n\t(2)\tThe participants in the joint venture may from time to time give the Minister written notice of a representative (who may—but need not be—a participant in the joint venture) who is authorised to give and receive notices on their behalf.\n\t(3)\tA notice given by or to the authorised representative is taken to have been given by or to all participants in the joint venture.\n\t(4)\tIf no representative is currently nominated under this section, a notice given to any one of the participants in the joint venture is taken to have been given to all.\n\t(5)\tA joint venture includes a partnership.\n32—Exclusion of liability\nThe creation of a statutory easement, or the grant of a pipeline lease, under this Act does not give rise to any rights to compensation beyond the rights for which specific provision is made in this Act.\n33—Authority's immunities\nThe Authority is (despite any other Act or law) not liable to any penalty, or for damages, for an interruption of, or failure in, the supply of petroleum.\n34—Exclusion of rules governing easements in gross\nAn easement in gross may be validly transferred from the Authority to another person under this Act even though the transferee is not the Crown or an agency or instrumentality of the Crown.\n35—Disposal of assets and liabilities\n\t(1)\tThe following actions (collectively referred to as the authorised project) are authorised:\n\t(a)\tthe examination of the undertaking of the Authority with a view to the disposal of its assets and liabilities;\n\t(b)\tthe preparation of assets and liabilities of the Authority for disposal;\n\t(c)\tother action that the Treasurer authorises, after consultation with the Authority, in preparation for disposal of its assets and liabilities.\n\t(2)\tThe authorised project is to be carried out by—\n\t(a)\tpersons employed by the Crown and assigned to work on the project; and\n\t(b)\tofficers of the Authority assigned to work on the project; and\n\t(c)\tother persons whose services are engaged by the Crown or the Authority for the purpose of carrying out the project; and\n\t(d)\tother persons approved by the Treasurer whose participation or assistance is, in the opinion of the Treasurer, reasonably required for the purposes of the project.\n\t(3)\tThe Treasurer (or the Treasurer's delegate) may, despite any other law, authorise prospective purchasers and their agents to have access to information in the possession or control of the Authority that should, in the Treasurer's opinion (or the delegate's opinion), be made available to the prospective purchasers for the purposes of the authorised project.\n\t(4)\tThe members and staff of the Authority must, despite any other law, instrument, contract or undertaking—\n\t(a)\tallow persons engaged on the authorised project access to information in the possession or control of the Authority that is reasonably required for, or in connection with, the carrying out of the authorised project; and\n\t(b)\tdo whatever is necessary to facilitate the provision of the information to persons entitled to access to the information under subsection (3); and\n\t(c)\tprovide other co-operation, assistance and facilities that may be reasonably required for, or in connection with, the carrying out of the authorised project.\n\t(5)\tA person who is in a position to grant or refuse access to information to which this section relates may deny access to a person who seeks access to the information unless the person produces a certificate issued by the Treasurer (or the Treasurer's delegate) certifying that the person is entitled to access to information under this section and the basis of the entitlement.\n36—Protection for disclosure and use of information etc\n\t(1)\tIn this section—\nauthorised action means—\n\t(a)\tthe disclosure or use of information in the possession or control of—\n\t(i)\tthe Authority; or\n\t(ii)\ta current or former member of the Authority or staff of the Authority; or\n\t(iii)\tpersons involved in the authorised project,\nas reasonably required for, or in connection with, the carrying out of the authorised project; or\n\t(b)\tanything done or allowed under Parts 4, 5 and 7 of this Act.\n\t(2)\tNo authorised action—\n\t(a)\tconstitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or\n\t(b)\tconstitutes a breach of, or default under a contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or\n\t(c)\tconstitutes a breach of a duty of confidence (whether arising by contract, in equity, by custom, or in any other way); or\n\t(d)\tconstitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or\n\t(e)\tterminates an agreement or obligation, or fulfils any condition that allows a person to terminate an agreement or obligation, or gives rise to any other right or remedy; or\n\t(f)\treleases a surety or other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.\n37—Evidentiary provision\n\t(1)\tIn legal proceedings, a certificate of the Treasurer (or the Treasurer's delegate) certifying that action described in the certificate forms part of the authorised project, or that a person named in the certificate was at a particular time engaged on the authorised project, must be accepted as proof of the matter so certified in the absence of proof to the contrary.\n\t(2)\tAn apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) must be accepted as such in the absence of proof to the contrary.\n38—Regulations\n\t(1)\tThe Governor may make regulations and proclamations for the purposes of this Act.\n\t(2)\tA regulation may impose a fine (not exceeding a Division 7 fine) for breach of the regulation.\n\t(3)\tA proclamation cannot be amended or revoked by a later proclamation unless this Act specifically contemplates its amendment or revocation.\nSchedule 1—Staff and superannuation\n1—Interpretation\nIn this Schedule—\ncomplying superannuation fund means a complying superannuation fund within the meaning of Part IX of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth, as amended from time to time, other than the Fund under the Superannuation Act 1988;\nemployee includes officer;\nnew scheme contributor has the meaning given by the Superannuation Act 1988;\nnominated employer in relation to a purchaser means a person who has been nominated by a purchaser as the employer of a transferring employee;\nold scheme contributor has the meaning given by the Superannuation Act 1988;\npurchaser means a purchaser of assets and liabilities from the Authority pursuant to a sale agreement made under this Act;\nState Scheme means the Scheme within the meaning of the Superannuation Act 1988;\nState Scheme contributor means a contributor within the meaning of the Superannuation Act 1988;\nSuperannuation Board means the South Australian Superannuation Board constituted under the Superannuation Act 1988;\ntransfer date in relation to a transferring employee means the date upon which that employee becomes the employee of a purchaser or nominated employer after having ceased to be the employee of the Authority;\ntransferring employee means an employee who transfers from employment of the Authority to the employment of a purchaser or nominated employer.\n2—Transfer of certain staff\n\t(1)\tThis section applies to employees of the Authority who remain employees at the expiration of one month from the date of completion of the sale and purchase of the Moomba-Adelaide pipeline to a purchaser under this Act.\n\t(2)\tThe Commissioner for Public Employment may, by order in writing, transfer an employee or group of employees of the Authority to an administrative unit of the Public Service.\n\t(3)\tAn order under this section must be made within the period of three months commencing on the date of completion of the sale and purchase of the Moomba-Adelaide pipeline to a purchaser under this Act.\n\t(4)\tA transfer under this section does not—\n\t(a)\taffect the employee's remuneration; or\n\t(b)\tinterrupt continuity of service; or\n\t(c)\tconstitute a retrenchment or redundancy.\n\t(5)\tA person who is transferred from the Authority to an administrative unit in the Public Service under this section is taken to have accrued as an employee of the administrative unit an entitlement to annual leave, sick leave and long service leave that is equivalent to the entitlements that the person had accrued, immediately before the transfer took effect, as an employee of the Authority.\n\t(6)\tA transfer under this section does not give rise to a right to any remedy or entitlement arising from cessation or change of employment.\n3—Superannuation—State Scheme contributors who have reached the age of 55 years\n\t(1)\tA State Scheme contributor who is a transferring employee and who has reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date is taken, for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1988 (but for no other purpose)—\n\t(a)\tto have continued in the employment of the Authority until his or her employment with the purchaser or nominated employer is terminated for any reason; and\n\t(b)\tto have elected to make and to have made no contribution to the State Scheme after the transfer date.\n\t(2)\tA State Scheme contributor who is a transferring employee and who has reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date, is, on termination of his or her employment with the purchaser or a nominated employer for any reason other than death—\n\t(a)\ttaken for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1988 (but for no other purpose) to have retired from the Authority on the date of termination of employment with the purchaser or nominated employer; and\n\t(b)\tentitled to a benefit under section 34 or 27 (as may be appropriate) of the Superannuation Act 1988 (as modified under subsection (6)); and\n\t(c)\tin the case of a new scheme contributor—entitled to a further benefit under section 32A of the Superannuation Act 1988.\n\t(3)\tWhere an old scheme contributor who is a transferring employee and who has reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date dies after the transfer date, a benefit must be paid in accordance with section 38 of the Superannuation Act 1988 (as modified under subsection (6)).\n\t(4)\tWhere a new scheme contributor who is a transferring employee and who has reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date dies after the transfer date, a benefit must be paid in accordance with section 32 of the Superannuation Act 1988 (as modified under subsection (6)).\n\t(5)\tWhere a new scheme contributor who is a transferring employee and who has reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date dies after the transfer date while in the employment of a purchaser or a nominated employer, a further benefit shall be paid pursuant to section 32A of the Superannuation Act 1988.\n\t(6)\tFor the purposes of subsections (2), (3) and (4)—\n\t(a)\tthe item \"FS\" wherever appearing in section 32(3) and 34 of the Superannuation Act 1988 has the following meaning:\nFS is the contributor's actual or attributed salary (expressed as an amount per fortnight) immediately before the transfer date adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index from the transfer date to the date of termination of the contributor's employment with the purchaser or nominated employer; and\n\t(b)\tthe item \"FS\" wherever appearing in sections 27, 32(2), 32(3a), 32(5) and 38 of the Superannuation Act 1988 has the following meaning:\nFS is the contributor's actual or attributed salary (expressed as an annual amount) immediately before the transfer date adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index from the transfer date to the date of termination of the contributor's employment with the purchaser or nominated employer; and\n\t(c)\tsection 32(3a)(a)(i)(B) of the Superannuation Act 1988 applies as if amended to read as follows:\n\t(B)\tan amount equivalent to twice the amount of the contributor's actual or attributed salary (expressed as an annual amount) immediately before the transfer date adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index from the transfer date to the date of termination of the contributor's employment with the purchaser or nominated employer; and\n\t(d)\tsection 34(5) of the Superannuation Act 1988 applies as if amended to read as follows:\n\t(5)\tThe amount of a retirement pension will be the amount calculated under this section or 75% of the contributor's actual or attributed salary (expressed as an amount per fortnight) immediately before the transfer date adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index from the transfer date to the date of termination of the contributor's employment with the purchaser or nominated employer (whichever is the lesser).; and\n\t(e)\tthe expressions transfer date, purchaser, nominated employer in the above provisions have the same meanings as in this Schedule.\n\t(7)\tDespite the above provisions of this section, within one month after the transfer date, a State Scheme contributor who has reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date may elect, by notice in writing to the Superannuation Board—\n\t(a)\tin the case of an old scheme contributor—to receive a benefit under section 39A of the Superannuation Act 1988; and\n\t(b)\tin the case of a new scheme contributor—to receive a benefit under section 28A of that Act.\n\t(8)\tIf a State Scheme contributor makes an election under subsection (7)—\n\t(a)\tthe contributor becomes entitled to a benefit under the relevant provision of the Superannuation Act 1988 in accordance with the election (and subsections (1) to (6) of this section do not apply to the contributor); and\n\t(b)\ton receipt of the relevant benefit, the contributor ceases to be a State Scheme contributor.\n4—State Scheme contributors who have not reached the age of 55 years\n\t(1)\tWithin one month after the transfer date, a transferring employee who has not reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date and who is an old scheme contributor may elect by notice in writing to the Superannuation Board, either—\n\t(a)\tto have his or her accrued superannuation benefits preserved under section 39 of the Superannuation Act 1988; or\n\t(b)\tto receive a benefit under section 39A of that Act.\n\t(2)\tIf a transferring employee who is an old scheme contributor fails to make an election under subsection (1) within one month after the transfer date, the employee is taken to have made an election under subsection (1)(a).\n\t(3)\tWithin one month after the transfer date, a transferring employee who has not reached the age of 55 years as at the transfer date and who is a new scheme contributor may elect by notice in writing to the Superannuation Board—\n\t(a)\tto have his or her accrued superannuation benefits preserved under section 28 of the Superannuation Act 1988; or\n\t(b)\tto receive a benefit under section 28A of that Act; or\n\t(c)\tto carry over accrued superannuation benefits to some other complying superannuation fund.\n\t(4)\tIf a transferring employee who is a new scheme contributor fails to make an election under subsection (3) within one month after the transfer date, the employee is taken to have made an election under subsection (3)(a).\n\t(5)\tIf a State Scheme contributor makes an election under subsection (1)(a) or (3)(a), the contributor will be taken for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1988 to have elected under section 39 or 28 of that Act (whichever may apply to the contributor) to preserve accrued benefits (and the relevant section will apply subject to this Schedule).\n\t(6)\tDespite the provisions of section 39 or 28 of the Superannuation Act 1988, (whichever may apply to the contributor), where accrued benefits are preserved under that section in respect of a transferring employee who is a State Scheme contributor, those benefits shall not become payable until the employee—\n\t(a)\tceases to be an employee of the purchaser or nominated employer and reaches the age of 55; or\n\t(b)\tdies; or\n\t(c)\tbecomes totally and permanently incapacitated for work and ceases to be an employee of the purchaser or a nominated employer.\n\t(7)\tIf a State Scheme contributor makes an election under subsection (1)(b) or (3)(b), the contributor will be taken for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1988 to have become entitled to a benefit under section 39A or 28A of that Act (whichever may apply to the contributor).\n\t(8)\tIf a new scheme contributor makes an election under subsection (3)(c), a payment must be made on behalf of the new scheme contributor to a complying superannuation fund nominated by the contributor and approved by the Superannuation Board of an amount under section 28(5) of the Superannuation Act 1988.\n\t(9)\tOn the making of a payment under subsection (7) or (8), the contributor concerned ceases to be a State Scheme contributor.\n\t(10)\tFor the purposes of this section—\n\t(a)\tthe items \"AFS\" and \"FS\" wherever appearing in sections 28(4), 28(5) and 39(3) of the Superannuation Act 1988 mean the contributor's actual or attributed salary (expressed as an annual amount) immediately before the transfer date adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index from the transfer date to the date of termination of the contributor's employment with the purchaser or the nominated employer; and\n\t(b)\tsection 39(6)(b) of the Superannuation Act 1988 applies as if amended to read as follows:\n\t(b)\tthe contributor's actual or attributed salary for the purposes of calculating the pension were that salary immediately before the transfer date adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index between the transfer date and the date on which the pension first became payable;;\n\t(c)\tthe expressions transfer date, purchaser, nominated employer in the above provisions have the same meanings as in this Schedule.\n5—Non-application of certain provisions of the Superannuation Act 1988\nThe provisions of Parts 4 and 5 of the Superannuation Act 1988 apply to transferring employees only to the extent that they are made applicable by sections 3 and 4 of this Schedule.\n6—Extension of time\nIf the Superannuation Board is of opinion that a limitation period referred to in this Schedule would unfairly prejudice a State Scheme contributor, the Board may extend the period as it applies to the contributor.\nSchedule 2—Description and map of statutory easements\n\n\nWidth (m)\nStart Point\nEnd Point\nMainline (1)\n18\n12 ↑ 61\nMiddle of the insulating joint at the outlet of Moomba Meter Station, situate within section 717, Out of Hundreds (Strzelecki). (M1)\nSurvey marker above the pipeline situate on the north-western boundary of allotment 1 (DP 25326)2, Hundred of Munno Para, being south of the Gawler River. (M2)\nMainline (2)\n15\n10 ↑ 5\nSurvey marker above the pipeline situate on the north-western boundary of allotment 1 (DP 25326), Hundred of Munno Para, being south of the Gawler River. (M2)\nSurvey marker above the pipeline situate on the south-eastern boundary of part section 3069 and the north-western boundary of Whites Road, suburb of Bolivar, Hundred of Port Adelaide. (M3)\nMainline (3)\n18\n12 ↑ 6\nSurvey marker above the pipeline situate on the south-eastern boundary of part section 3069 and the north-western boundary of Whites Road, suburb of Bolivar, Hundred of Port Adelaide. (M3)\nCentre line of Mainline Valve No. 30 at the inlet to Torrens Island Meter Station, situate within section 453, Hundred of Port Adelaide. (M4)\nTaperoo Lateral\n15\n7.5 ↑ 7.5\nTee on Mainline where the lateral to Taperoo branches off, situate within section 453, Hundred of Port Adelaide. (T1)\nCentre line of 80 NB blow-off valve at the inlet to Taperoo Meter Station, situate within allotment 101 (FP 32808)3, Hundred of Port Adelaide. (T2)\nWasleys Loop (1)\n25\n16 ↑ 9\nFace of flange at the upstream end of the isolating valve to the scraper launcher at the outlet of Wasleys Pressure Reduction Station, situate within allotment 2, (DP 15928), Hundred of Grace. (L1)\nSurvey marker above the pipeline on the southern boundary of allotment 2 (DP 19550) and the northern boundary of Stanton Rd, suburb of Virginia, Hundred of Munno Para, being south of the Gawler River. (L2)\nWasleys Loop (2)\n15\n10 ↑ 5\nSurvey marker above the pipeline on the southern boundary of allotment 2 (DP 19550) and the northern boundary of Stanton Rd, suburb of Virginia, Hundred of Munno Para, being south of the Gawler River. (L2)\nSurvey marker above the pipeline, situate on the western boundary of allotment 4 (FP 40178), Hundred of Port Adelaide, being on the east side of Bolivar Channel near St Kilda. (L3)\nWasleys Loop (3)\n25\n16 ↑ 9\nSurvey marker above the pipeline, situate on the western boundary of allotment 4 (FP 40178), Hundred of Port Adelaide, being on the east side of Bolivar Channel near St Kilda. (L3)\nCentre line of Mainline Valve No. 31L at the inlet to Torrens Island Meter Station situate within section 453, Hundred of Port Adelaide. (L4)\nPt Pirie Lateral\n15\n5 ↑ 10\nTee on Mainline where the lateral to Pt Pirie branches off situate within section 278, Hundred of Whyte. (P1)\nFace of 80 NB flange at the inlet to Pt Pirie Meter Station, situate within closed road A (RP 7019)4 - CT 4089/955, Hundred of Pirie. (P2)\nWhyalla Lateral\n25\n17 ↑ 8\nCentre line of blow-off valve at the outlet of Bungama Pressure Reduction Station, situate within allotment 3 (DP 24997), Hundred of Pirie. (W1)\nFace of flange at the downstream end of the scraper receiver isolating valve at the inlet to Whyalla Meter Station situate within allotment 6 (FP 15068), Hundreds of Cultana and Randell. (W2)\nPt Bonython Lateral\n25\n8 ↑ 17\nTee on Whyalla Lateral where the lateral to Pt Bonython branches off, situate within section 253, Hundred of Cultana. (Y1)\nCentreline of the isolating valve at the inlet to Pt Bonython Meter Station, situate within section 239, Hundred of Cultana. (Y2)\nBurra Lateral\n15\n7.5 ↑ 7.5\nTee on Mainline where the lateral to Burra branches off, situate within the road west of section 588, Hundred of Hanson. (B1)\nFace of 50 NB flange at the inlet to Burra Meter Station, situate within allotment 2 (FP 1258), Hundred of Kooringa. (B2)\nPeterborough Lateral\n3\n1.5 ↑ 1.5\nFace of 80 NB flange at the outlet of Peterborough Meter Station, situate within allotment 11 (FP 34199), Hundred of Yongala. (E1)\nCentre line of the isolating valve at the inlet to the Peterborough Power Station, situate within Kitchener Street, Peterborough township, adjacent to allotment 88 (DP 1050) Hundred of Yongala. (E2)\nMintaro Lateral\n20\n5 ↑ 15\nTee on Mainline where the lateral to Mintaro branches off, within allotment 3 (DP 12055) Hundred of Stanley. (O1)\nCentre line of the isolating valve at the inlet to the Mintaro Meter Station, situate within allotment 3 (DP 12055), Hundred of Stanley. (O2)\nAngaston Lateral (1)\n15\n4.5 ↑ 10.5\nTee on Mainline where the lateral to Angaston branches off in Wasleys Pressure Reduction Station, situate within allotment 2 (DP 15928), Hundred of Grace. (A1)\nSurvey marker above the pipeline situate on the north-western boundary of allotment 3 (DP 26607) and the south-eastern boundary of Seppeltsfield Road, Hundred of Nuriootpa. (A2)\nAngaston Lateral (2)\n12\n3 ↑ 9\nSurvey marker above the pipeline situate on the north-western boundary of allotment 3 (DP 26607) and the south-eastern boundary of Seppeltsfield Road, Hundred of Nuriootpa. (A2)\nCentreline of mainline valve at the inlet to Angaston Meter Station, situate within part section 67 (CT 3740/14), Hundred of Moorooroo. (A3)\nNuriootpa Lateral\n5\n3.5 ↑ 1.5\nFace of 80 NB insulating flange at the outlet of the Nuriootpa Meter Station, situate within section 71, Hundred of Moorooroo. (N1)\nUpstream face of the insulating flange adjacent to Nuriootpa township isolating valve, situate within the road adjoining section 136, Hundred of Moorooroo. (N2)\nTarac Lateral\n3\n1.5 ↑ 1.5\nTee on Nuriootpa Lateral where the lateral to Tarac branches off, situate within the road adjoining section 136, Hundred of Moorooroo. (R1)\nFace of insulating flange at the inlet to Tarac Meter Station, situate within section 136, Hundred of Moorooroo. (R2)\nDry Creek Lateral\n3\n0.9 ↑ 2.1\nCentre line of 300 NB underground valve at the outlet of Dry Creek Meter Station, situate within section 482, Hundred of Port Adelaide. (C1)\nDownstream end of underground isolating valve in Dry Creek Power Station, situate within allotment 16 (FP 9554), Hundred of Port Adelaide. (C2)\nSafries Lateral\n20\n10 ↑ 10\nTee on Snuggery Lateral where the lateral to Safries branches off, situate within section 163, Hundred of Monbulla. (F1)\nFace of flange at the downstream end of the isolating valve at the inlet to Safries Meter Station, situate within section 423, Hundred of Penola. (F2)\nSnuggery Lateral\n20\n8 ↑ 12\nFace of insulating flange at the outlet of Katnook processing plant, situate within section 336, Hundred of Monbulla. (S1)\nFace of flange at the downstream end of isolating valve of scraper receiver at inlet to Kimberly Clark Australia Meter Station, situate within allotment 50, (DP 31712), Hundred of Hindmarsh. (S2)\nMt Gambier Lateral (1)\n20\n12 ↑ 8\nTee on Snuggery Lateral at Glencoe Junction where the lateral to Mt Gambier branches off situate within allotment 11 (DP 31711), Hundred of Young. (G1)\nFace of flange at the downstream end of the isolating valve of the scraper receiver at the inlet to Mt Gambier Meter Station, situate within allotment 1 (DP 31778), Hundred of Blanche. (G2)\nMt Gambier Lateral (2)\n20\n12 ↑ 8\nDownstream end of tee at the outlet of Mt Gambier Meter Station, situate within allotment 1 (DP 31778), Hundred of Blanche. (G3)\nCentre of the insulating joint where the responsibility for the gas transfers to the Customer, situate within section 685, Hundred of Blanche and being north of Pinehall Avenue. (G4)\nNotes—\n1\tThe arrow represents the normal direction of flow of the gas as of the date of the legislation. The figures indicate the width of the Statutory Easement on each side of the centreline of the pipeline looking in the direction of the flow.\n2\tDP denotes deposited plan in the Lands Titles Registration Office.\n3\tFP denotes filed plan in the Lands Titles Registration Office.\n4\tRP denotes road plan in the Lands Titles Registration Office.\n\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.\nFormerly\nPipelines Authority Act 1967\nLegislation amended by principal Act\nThe Natural Gas Authority Act 1967 amended the following:\nPetroleum Act 1940\nPrincipal Act and amendments\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\nCommencement\n1967\n3\nNatural Gas Pipelines Authority Act 1967\n23.3.1967\n20.4.1967 (Gazette 20.4.1967 p1343)\n1974\n125\nNatural Gas Pipelines Authority Act Amendment Act 1974\n12.12.1974\n1.1.1975 (Gazette 19.12.1974 p3766)\n1977\n16\nPipelines Authority Act Amendment Act 1977\n5.5.1977\n5.5.1977\n1978\n114\nPipelines Authority Act Amendment Act 1978\n7.12.1978\n7.12.1978\n1980\n62\nPipelines Authority Act Amendment Act 1980\n2.10.1980\n2.10.1980\n1981\n72\nPipelines Authority Act Amendment Act 1981\n5.11.1981\n5.11.1981\n1983\n91\nPipelines Authority Act Amendment Act 1983\n8.12.1983\n8.12.1983\n1985\n103\nStatutes Amendment (Energy Planning) Act 1985\n7.11.1985\n7.11.1985\n1987\n13\nStatutes Amendment (Finance and Audit) Act 1987\n9.4.1987\n1.10.1987 (Gazette 17.9.1987 p886)\n1990\n75\nPipelines Authority Act Amendment Act 1990\n20.12.1990\n20.12.1990 (Gazette 20.12.1990 p1841)\n1995\n44\nPipelines Authority (Sale of Pipelines) Amendment Act 1995\n11.5.1995\n1.6.1995 (Gazette 1.6.1995 p2529) except ss 4, 5(2), 6, 7, 8(1) (but only the repeal of s 14 of principal Act), 9 and new Pt 6 of principal Act (as inserted by s 10)—1.9.1995 (Gazette 24.8.1995 p499) and except ss 8(1) (but only the repeal of s 12 of principal Act), (2) and 11—11.5.1997 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)\n2015\n12\nNatural Gas Authority (Notice of Works) Amendment Act 2015\n9.7.2015\n1.1.2016 (Gazette 17.12.2015 p5266)\n2016\n29\nReal Property (Electronic Conveyancing) Amendment Act 2016\n16.6.2016\nSch 2—4.7.2016 (Gazette 30.6.2016 p2761)\n2017\n7\nStatutes Amendment and Repeal (Simplify) Act 2017\n15.3.2017\nPt 23 (s 94)—15.3.2017: s 2(1)\nProvisions amended since 3 February 1976\n\t•\tLegislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in Volume 8 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page 320.\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 75/1990 s 3\n20.12.1990\nPt 1\nheading inserted by 44/1995 s 3\n1.6.1995\ns 1\nsubstituted by 44/1995 s 4\n1.9.1995\ns 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n\ns 3\ns 3(1) renumbered as s 3 by 45/1995 s 11\n1.5.1997\nadjustment period\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nasset\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nAuthority\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(2)(a)\n1.9.1995\ndeputy\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 5(2)(b)\n1.9.1995\ndesignated pipeline\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nKatnook pipeline\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nliability\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nmember\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 5(2)(b)\n1.9.1995\nMinister\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nMoomba-Adelaide pipeline\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\noperator\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\noutlying land\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\npetroleum\namended by 16/1977 s 2\n5.5.1977\npipeline lease\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nservient land\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\nthe Authority\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 5(2)(b)\n1.9.1995\nthe chairman\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 5(2)(b)\n1.9.1995\ntransferred asset\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\ntransferred liability\ninserted by 44/1995 s 5(1)\n1.6.1995\ns 4\namended by 103/1985 s 2\n7.11.1985\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 6\n1.9.1995\nss 4A—8\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 6\n1.9.1995\ns 9\namended by 114/1978 s 2\n7.12.1978\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 11\n11.5.1997\ns 10\namended by 16/1977 s 3\n5.5.1977\n\namended by 72/1981 s 2\n5.11.1981\n\namended by 75/1990 s 4\n20.12.1990\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 7\n1.9.1995\ns 10AA\ninserted by 16/1977 s 4\n5.5.1977\n\namended by 114/1978 s 3\n7.12.1978\n\nsubstituted by 91/1983 s 2\n8.12.1983\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 7\n1.9.1995\ns 10A\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 7\n1.9.1995\ns 11\nsubstituted by 16/1977 s 5\n5.5.1977\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 7\n1.9.1995\ns 12\namended by 114/1978 s 4\n7.12.1978\n\namended by 72/1981 s 3\n5.11.1981\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 8(1)\n11.5.1997\ns 14\namended by 16/1977 s 6\n5.5.1977\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 8(1)\n1.9.1995\ns 15\namended by 114/1978 s 5\n7.12.1978\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 9\n1.9.1995\ns 16\namended by 13/1987 s 8\n1.10.1987\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 9\n1.9.1995\ns 17\namended by 72/1981 s 4\n5.11.1981\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 9\n1.9.1995\nss 18 and 19\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 9\n1.9.1995\ns 20\ninserted by 62/1980 s 2\n2.10.1980\n\ndeleted by 44/1995 s 9\n1.9.1995\nPt 2\ninserted by 44/1995 s 6\n1.9.1995\nPt 3\ninserted by 44/1995 s 7\n1.9.1995\nPt 4\ninserted by 44/1995 s 10\n1.6.1995\ns 11\n\n\ns 11(1)\namended by 12/2015 s 4(1), (2)\n1.1.2016\ns 11(1a)\ninserted by 12/2015 s 4(3)\n1.1.2016\ns 11(3)\n\n\nAssociated equipment\namended by 12/2015 s 4(4)\n1.1.2016\ns 14\n\n\ns 14(1)\namended by 29/2016 Sch 2\n4.7.2016\ns 15A\ninserted by 12/2015 s 5\n1.1.2016\nPt 5\ninserted by 44/1995 s 10\n1.6.1995\ns 22\ndeleted by 7/2017 s 94\n15.3.2017\nPt 6\ninserted by 44/1995 s 10\n1.9.1995\nPt 7\ninserted by 44/1995 s 10\n1.6.1995\nSch 1\ninserted by 44/1995 s 12\n1.6.1995\n\ndeleted in pursuance of the Acts Republication Act 1967 as its function is now exhausted\n11.5.1997\nSch 1\nSch 2 inserted by 44/1995 s 12\n1.6.1995\n\nSch 2 renumbered as Sch 1 by 44/1995 s 11\n1.5.1997\nSch 2\nSch 3 inserted by 44/1995 s 12\n1.6.1995\n\nSch 3 renumbered as Sch 2 by 44/1995 s 11\n1.5.1997\nTransitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments\nPipelines Authority (Sale of Pipelines) Amendment Act 1995\n8—Repeal of ss. 12 & 14\n\t(2)\tHowever, despite the repeal of section 12 of the principal Act, proceedings for the acquisition of land that had been started but not completed before the repeal took effect may be continued and completed as if the section had not been repealed.\nPipelines Authority (Sale of Pipelines) Amendment Act 1995\n11—Renumbering\nWhen all provisions of this amending Act have been brought into operation, the sections of the principal Act are to be renumbered in consecutive order (with necessary consequential changes to cross-numbering).\nHistorical versions\nReprint No 1—15.11.1991\n\nReprint No. 2—1.6.1995\n\nReprint No. 3—1.9.1995\n\nReprint No. 4—11.5.1997\n\n1.1.2016\n\n4.7.2016\n\nAppendix—Divisional penalties and expiation fees\nAt the date of publication of this version divisional penalties and expiation fees are, as provided by section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915, as follows:\n\nDivision\nMaximum imprisonment\nMaximum fine\nExpiation fee\n1\n15 years\n$60 000\n—\n2\n10 years\n$40 000\n—\n3\n7 years\n$30 000\n—\n4\n4 years\n$15 000\n—\n5\n2 years\n$8 000\n—\n6\n1 year\n$4 000\n$300\n7\n6 months\n$2 000\n$200\n8\n3 months\n$1 000\n$150\n9\n–\n$500\n$100\n10\n–\n$200\n$75\n11\n–\n$100\n$50\n12\n–\n$50\n$25\nNote: This appendix is provided for convenience of reference only.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.6","source":"moonshot-batch-reanalyse","citationCount":10,"completionTokens":3341},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally enacted in 1967 simply to establish a government authority to construct and operate gas pipelines, the Act has grown into a complex regime governing the privatisation of those assets (following major 1995 amendments), the creation of permanent statutory land easements for private pipeline owners, detailed staff transfer and superannuation provisions, and ongoing interaction with native title and other land tenure systems."},"complexity_factors":["Over 20 defined terms in section 3, including technical definitions for petroleum, servient land, outlying land, and designated pipelines","Extensive cross-referencing with at least five other Acts (Petroleum Act 1940, Real Property Act 1886, Superannuation Act 1988, Crown Lands Act 1929, and Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989)","Schedule 1 modifies superannuation benefit formulas from the Superannuation Act 1988 with CPI adjustments and imposes conditional thresholds based on age (55 years) and contributor scheme type","Part 4 statutory easement provisions contain nested exceptions — for example, section 12 preserves public rights of way, existing Pipeline Licence No. 2 rights, and indemnity covenants despite a general rule extinguishing prior easements","Part 5 sale provisions operate 'despite any other law', creating automatic vesting of assets and liabilities and overriding standard property transfer requirements","Schedule 2 contains detailed technical survey descriptions with variable easement widths ranging from 3 to 25 metres across numerous pipeline segments"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis law creates a legal framework for two major natural gas pipelines in South Australia — the Moomba-Adelaide pipeline and the Katnook pipeline. It originally established a government body (the Natural Gas Authority, formerly the Pipelines Authority) to own and operate these pipelines, but it now also governs the sale of those assets to private companies and the ongoing rights of private pipeline owners to access land.\n\n**Key points**\n\n- **Land access rights**: The Act creates special \"statutory easements\" over land along the pipeline routes. This means the pipeline owner has a permanent legal right to enter private and public land to install, maintain, operate, repair, or replace pipelines and related equipment — such as power lines, water supply gear, telecommunications, and protective structures. These rights generally continue even if the land is sold, with an exception for buildings lawfully built before the easement took effect.\n\n- **Restrictions on landowners**: If you own or occupy land above or near the pipeline, you generally need the pipeline owner's written consent before excavating, drilling, building foundations, altering land contours, planting trees, storing heavy equipment, or using explosives. There is a formal notice period, and if the pipeline owner objects on safety grounds, the dispute can go to mediation or the Warden's Court.\n\n- **Sale of pipelines**: The State Treasurer can sell the Authority's pipelines and related assets and liabilities to private buyers. When this happens, the statutory easement automatically transfers to the new owner without a separate conveyance, and the buyer must be issued a pipeline licence under the *Petroleum Act 1940*.\n\n- **Staff protections**: If the pipelines are sold, employees who transfer to the new private owner keep their continuous service and leave entitlements. Schedule 1 sets out detailed superannuation rules that vary depending on whether the worker is over or under 55 years of age and what government scheme they belong to.\n\n- **Aboriginal and native title rights**: Creating an easement or granting a pipeline lease does not affect any native title that may exist over the land, nor does it remove pre-existing rights of Aboriginal people to enter, cross, or stay on the land.\n\n- **Limit on compensation and liability**: Apart from specific payments written into this Act (such as compensation for interference with outlying land or taking water), no one can claim compensation simply because a statutory easement or pipeline lease was created. The Authority is also protected from being sued for interruptions or failures in gas supply.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis Act matters because it gives private pipeline operators strong, enduring rights to access and use land along the pipeline corridor, while restricting what nearby landowners can do on their own property. It also underpinned the privatisation of South Australia's major gas transmission infrastructure by allowing the government to sell the pipelines while ensuring the new private owners kept the necessary land-access powers."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act's scope has changed from its original form. The legislative history in the text shows later insertions and replacements that broadened the Act from an initial authority-establishment framework to include: statutory easements and a detailed land mapping regime (Part 4 and Schedule 2, inserted/changed by amendments cited in the history), explicit sale and transfer powers for the Treasurer to dispose of Authority assets and liabilities and to vest those in purchasers (Part 5, inserted by the 1995 amendment), and added notice/works controls (s 15A added 2015). The amendments also added transitional staff and superannuation provisions (Schedule 1). These additions materially expanded the Act’s functions from operating an authority to enabling disposal, transfer, and post‑sale processes (see ss 9–11, 15A, 16–18, Sch 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple interacting parts: creation of statutory easements (Part 4), sale and transfer mechanics (Part 5), dissolution (Part 6) and transitional staff/superannuation rules (Schedule 1).","Detailed land‑specific mapping and technical easement widths in Schedule 2 requiring spatial interpretation and title adjustments (s 10; Sch 2).","Significant executive discretion (Minister and Treasurer) with powers to vary boundaries retrospectively during an adjustment period, to qualify rights, to authorise information disclosure and to approve transfers (ss 10(4), 29, 35, 16).","Cross‑reference and interaction with other statutes (Petroleum Act 1940, Real Property Act 1886, Superannuation Act 1988) requiring coordination across regimes (s 11 note; s 25; Sch 1).","Legal protections and limits on remedies and liabilities (ss 21, 32, 33, 36) that alter ordinary contract and tort remedies and complicate dispute pathways.","Procedural and evidentiary provisions that shift burdens and streamline administrative proof (Registrar-General reliance s 13(3); Treasurer certificates s 20; evidentiary certificates s 37).","Penal and civil compliance elements (notice periods, response windows, monetary penalties) that impose precise timing and process obligations (s 15A).","Transfer mechanics that operate \"by force of this Act\" despite other laws and that convert instruments and licences on transfer (ss 16(6), 17–18)."],"plain_english_summary":"What this law does, in plain terms\n\n- Establishes a corporate body called the Natural Gas Authority of South Australia (previously the Pipelines Authority) which holds pipeline property for the Crown and has broad legal capacity (ss 4–7).\n- Sets out the Authority's core functions: buying and selling petroleum, conveying and delivering petroleum, completing outstanding pipeline obligations, and related incidental activities (s 8).\n- Creates permanent, statutory easements in favour of the owners of two named pipelines (the Moomba–Adelaide and Katnook pipelines). Those easements are easements in gross tied to pipeline ownership and attach to the pipeline rather than to particular landowners (ss 9–11; Sch 2). The servient land and easement widths are described in Schedule 2 (s 10; Sch 2).\n- Gives pipeline owners specific operational rights on servient and nearby “outlying” land (installation, maintenance, entry and access, associated equipment, obtaining certain water), and specifies limited compensation rights for occupiers when associated equipment or water use interferes with enjoyment of land (ss 11(1)–(6)).\n- Requires owners or occupiers of servient land to get prior written consent from the pipeline owner before carrying out certain “prescribed works” (e.g. excavating, planting trees, using explosives). It prescribes notice periods, a pipeline-owner response window, permitted objections (safety/operation grounds only), mediation by the Minister, and court resolution options. Non-compliance carries a maximum penalty (s 15A).\n- Provides procedures for registering and noting statutory easements on land titles (Registrar-General duties) and allows the owner to register parts of easements (ss 13–14). The Registrar-General may rely on the information supplied and is not required to verify it (s 13(3)).\n- Enables the Treasurer to sell Authority assets and transfer liabilities to purchasers by sale agreement; such transfers vest assets and liabilities in the purchaser by force of this Act (s 16). Sale agreements may convert instruments so that references to the Authority become references to the purchaser (s 17). On vesting, a pipeline licence must be issued to the purchaser under the Petroleum Act (s 18). The sale proceeds are used first to meet the Authority's outstanding obligations and the balance applied to an Asset Management account for retiring State debt (s 16(8)).\n- Authorises an \"authorised project\" to prepare the Authority's assets and liabilities for disposal and gives the Treasurer significant powers to allow prospective purchasers to access Authority information and requires staff/cooperation (s 35). It also protects such authorised disclosure from being treated as breaches of confidentiality or other legal wrongs (ss 36–37).\n- Provides for dissolution of the Authority and vesting of any remaining assets and liabilities (s 24).\n- Contains transitional arrangements for staff and superannuation entitlements where employees transfer to a purchaser or to the public service (Schedule 1).\n\nWhy it matters (official purpose-claims and how they operate mechanically)\n\n- The Act establishes and equips a public corporate entity to own and operate major gas pipelines and related activities (long title; ss 4–8). The statutory easement regime (Part 4 and Sch 2) creates a fixed set of pipeline access rights over private and Crown land so that pipeline owners can operate and maintain pipelines without needing separate easement agreements for each parcel (ss 9–11, 10). The Act also provides a clear mechanism for transferring the Authority's assets and liabilities to private purchasers (Part 5) and for dissolving the Authority where necessary (Part 6).\n\nHow the Act changes incentives, who pays, and where discretion sits (source sections cited)\n\n- Who pays or receives money: occupiers get \"reasonable compensation\" from pipeline owners for specific interferences (s 11(5)); the Treasurer directs net sale proceeds first to meet the Authority's outstanding obligations and then to an Asset Management account to retire State debt (s 16(8)). The Act otherwise limits compensation rights to those expressly provided (s 32).\n- Who decides: the Minister has multiple powers (constitution of the Authority is the Minister, s 6; ability to vary easement boundaries during an adjustment period, s 10(4); power to qualify statutory rights, s 29; power to mediate disputes under s 15A and to delegate functions, s 15A(12)). The Treasurer decides whether and on what terms to sell assets and may authorise disclosure of information to prospective purchasers (ss 16, 35). The Registrar-General records easements and vestings but is entitled to rely on applicants' information (ss 13–14, 19).\n- Behaviour changes required by the Act: pipeline owners gain statutory rights of access, construction, maintenance and entry across servient and defined outlying land (s 11); owners/occupiers of servient land must notify and obtain consent for prescribed works and face penalties for non-compliance (s 15A); staff transferring to purchasers or the public service must follow the Schedule 1 procedures (Sch 1).\n- Compliance burden and enforcement: procedural notice and consent processes (21-day notice by owner/occupier; 14-day response by pipeline owner) and a maximum monetary penalty for breach (s 15A). Registration/recording steps require applications with prescribed plans/documents (ss 13–14). Certificates from the Treasurer or delegate are admitted as evidence absent contrary proof (ss 20, 37).\n\nTrade-offs, implementation risks and legal effects (mechanisms, not judgments)\n\n- Concentration of operational rights: statutory easements attach to pipeline ownership and transfer automatically with the pipeline (s 9(4), note), reducing transaction costs for pipeline operation but concentrating access rights in pipeline owners. The Act explicitly allows transfer of easements to non‑Crown transferees (s 34).\n- Limits on remedies and liabilities: the Act narrows compensation and legal remedies to those it prescribes (s 32), and protects authorised disclosures and actions taken to prepare for disposal from being treated as breaches of law, contract or confidence (ss 36, 21). The Authority is also immune from liability for interruptions or failures in petroleum supply (s 33).\n- Administrative discretion and retrospective variation risk: the Minister may, within an adjustment period, vary easement boundaries with retrospective effect (s 10(4)). The Minister and Treasurer hold significant discretionary powers over sale terms, information access, and qualification of rights (ss 16, 29, 35). Certificates from the Treasurer are prima facie evidence in court unless disproved (ss 20, 37), which concentrates evidentiary weight in executive-issued documents.\n- Interaction with other laws and licences: the Act asserts it applies despite the Real Property Act and other laws (s 25), but it preserves requirements under the Petroleum Act for a pipeline licence to construct or operate a pipeline (s 11 note; s 18). It also states that sales and transfers operate despite other law or instruments (s 16(6)). These provisions change how property and regulatory regimes interact for pipelines.\n\nImmediate practical effects on stakeholders\n\n- Landowners/occupiers near pipelines: reduced freedom to carry out specified works without consent; narrow routes to compensation (s 11(5); s 15A).\n- Pipeline owners/ purchasers: statutory, registered access and operational rights that attach to pipeline ownership; ability to receive transferred instruments and licences on sale (ss 9, 14, 16–18). They also shoulder compensation obligations in limited circumstances (s 11(5)).\n- Government (Treasurer/Minister): central control over sales, asset preparation, and boundary adjustments; authority to mediate and to delegate (ss 16, 10(4), 15A, 35).\n- Employees transferring to purchasers: specified transfer and superannuation arrangements in Schedule 1 that define preservation, payout choices and continuation of certain entitlements (Sch 1)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not accessible. The webpage returned a Page Not Found error, meaning no comparison between original intent and enacted provisions is possible."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — a 404 error was returned instead of the Act","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without access to the actual provisions","Score of 1 reflects absence of content, not simplicity of the law itself"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe link provided for the *Natural Gas Authority Act 1967* (South Australia) returned a **404 Page Not Found** error from the South Australian legislation website. This appears to be caused by a broken or outdated hyperlink following a website update on 24 March 2026.\n\n**What we do know from the title alone:**\n- This is a South Australian law from 1967\n- It relates to a government body (an 'Authority') responsible for overseeing natural gas\n- Laws of this era typically established statutory bodies (government-created organisations) to manage energy infrastructure and supply\n- It is likely either **repealed** (no longer in force) or **superseded** by more modern energy legislation — many mid-20th century energy authority acts were replaced as Australia's energy market was deregulated and nationalised frameworks were dismantled\n\n**What this means for you:** Without the actual text, no reliable legal analysis can be provided. If you need to understand this Act, try visiting [www.legislation.sa.gov.au](https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au) directly and searching for the Act by name, or contact the South Australian Office of Parliamentary Counsel at OPCWeb@sa.gov.au."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/natural-gas-authority-act-1967","history":"/api/acts/natural-gas-authority-act-1967/history","analysis":"/api/acts/natural-gas-authority-act-1967/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/natural-gas-authority-act-1967/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/natural-gas-authority-act-1967/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/natural-gas-authority-act-1967/documents"}}