22Exemptions

##### 22. Exemptions (a) a licence is, under this Act, to be deemed to continue in force until the Minister grants, or refuses to grant, the renewal of the licence; or (b) a licence is varied under section 15; or (c) a licensee enters into an agreement referred to in section 21; or (d) a licence is cancelled as to part of the pipeline in respect of which it is in force; or (e) a licensee applies by instrument in writing served on the Minister, for a variation or suspension of, or exemption from compliance with, any of the conditions to which the licence is subject; or (f) the Minister, under this Act, gives a direction or consent to a licensee, the Minister may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on the licensee, vary or suspend, or exempt the licensee from compliance with, any of the conditions to which the licence is subject, upon such conditions, if any, as the Minister determines and specifies in the instrument. (1a) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to the licensee under a licence in respect of a Code pipeline within the meaning of the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Law 3 for which there is an approved Access Arrangement under that Law. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) empowers the Minister to alter the term of a licence. [Section 22 amended: No. 65 of 1998 s. 89; No. 13 of 2005 s. 31.]