Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Section 1 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3) This Act shall apply to the delivery of gas—
(a)
in relation to—
(i)
liquefied natural gas, from the connection flange of the loading arm at the regasification terminal;
(ii)
natural gas received from a gas processing plant or an onshore gas terminal, from the last flange of the gas processing plant or onshore gas terminal;
Gas Supply (Amendment)
(iii)
natural gas imported into Malaysia through pipelines excluding pipelines upstream of a gas processing plant or an onshore gas terminal, from the international border, to the transmission or distribution pipelines, or a piping system and to any gas appliance in the premises of a consumer; and
(b)
from the filling connection of a storage tank or cylinder specifically used for reticulation or delivery of gas to any gas appliance in the premises of a consumer.”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3a) This Act shall apply to, in respect of safety and technical matters, the delivery of gas to consumers—
(a)
from the distribution pipelines or piping system to any gas appliance in the premises of a consumer; or
(b)
from the filling connection of a storage tank or cylinder specifically used for reticulation or delivery of gas to any gas appliance in the premises of a consumer.”; and
(c)
by deleting subsection (4).
New section 1a 4a. (1) The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 1
the following section:
“Application for State of Sarawak 1a. Notwithstanding subsection 1(2), this Act shall apply to the State of Sarawak, upon prior approval of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, on the date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act.”.
(2)
The operation of the principal Act is deemed to be suspended for the State of Sarawak from 17 July 1997, and for that purpose it shall be treated as if an order has been made under subsection 1(2)
of the principal Act, until a date is appointed by the Minister under section 1a of the principal Act as introduced in subsection 4a(1) of this Act.
Amendment of section 2