8Application of laws in certain Territories and offshore areas under this Act

8 Application of laws in certain Territories and offshore areas under this Act

(1) This Act, the Gas Pipelines Access Law and the Gas Pipelines Access Regulations apply: (a) in each of the external Territories (other than Norfolk Island or the Australian Antarctic Territory or any other external Territory that is prescribed); and (b) in the offshore area in respect of each external Territory to which this Act applies under paragraph (a); and (c) in the Jervis Bay Territory. (2) If the Gas Pipelines Access Law applies in an external Territory and its offshore area or in the Jervis Bay Territory: (a) the Gas Pipelines Access Law so applies as a law of the Commonwealth; and (b) as so applying may be referred to as the Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Law. (3) If the Gas Pipelines Regulations apply in an external Territory and its offshore area or in the Jervis Bay Territory: (a) the Gas Pipelines Access Regulations so apply as regulations in force for the purposes of the Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Law; and (b) as so applying may be referred to as the Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Regulations. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a Territory or its offshore area if, in accordance with an Act, there is in force in that Territory, whether with or without modifications, the gas pipelines access legislation of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory.