CONSOLIDATED ACTS OF SAMOA 2009

OIL FUEL SUPPLY ACT 1974

Arrangement of Provisions

TITLE

1.	Short title
2.	Interpretation
3.	Powers of the Minister
4.	Notices
5.	Regulations
6.	Offences and penalties
7.	Revocation

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THE OIL FUEL SUPPLY ACT 1974
1974	No.5

AN ACT to provide for the control of the supply and use of oil fuel in the public interest, to avert or lessen the effects of oil fuel shortages in Samoa.

(28 August 1974)
(Commencement date: 28 August 1974)

1.	Short title - This Act may be cited as the Oil Fuel Supply Act 1974.

2.	Interpretation - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Minister" means the Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.

"Oil fuel" includes motor spirits, diesolene, power kerosene, and any other form of petroleum distillate.

"Supply" includes importation, distribution, and sale.

3.	Powers of the Minister - (1) To avert or lessen the effects of oil fuel shortages in Samoa, the Minister may from time to time take such steps and do such things as the Minister considers necessary and proper, in the public interest, relating to the supply, possession, and use of oil fuel.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may from time to time for the purposes of that subsection do all or any of the following things:

(a)	regulate or restrict services conducted by omnibus operators, taxi proprietors, or carriers;

(b)	regulate or restrict the use of motor vehicles for purposes of business or personal convenience or pleasure, or for any other purposes;

(c)	restrict or prohibit the supply or use of oil fuel or during any specified periods;

(d)	give directions to suppliers of oil fuel as to the persons or classes of persons to whom they may supply oil fuel, and restrict or prohibit the supply of oil fuel to any persons;

(e)	require suppliers of oil fuel to enter into working agreements with one another for the pooling of supplies of oil fuel and the storage of oil fuel, and restrict or limit the number of suppliers of oil fuel who may operate in any area or district or otherwise;

(f)	restrict the quantities of oil fuel which may be supplied by or to any persons during any specified periods;

(g)	require any persons to furnish from time to time such returns or other information relating to oil fuel and the supply, possession, and use of oil fuel as the Minister may require;

(h)	issue permits or coupons for the purchase of oil fuel by any persons on such terms and conditions (as to payment and otherwise) as the Minister may specify, and prohibit the purchase of oil fuel otherwise than by means of such permits or coupons.

(3) Any step taken or thing done by the Minister under this section may relate:

(a)	to oil fuel generally, or to any specified class or classes of oil fuel, or to all oil fuel other than oil fuel of a specified class or classes; and

(b)	to suppliers, users, and persons generally, or to any specified class or classes of supplier, user, or person, or to all suppliers, users, or persons other than those of a specified class or classes.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established a committee, to be known as the Oil Fuel Supply Committee, which shall consist of the following members:

(a)	the Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure or his or her nominee, who shall be the chairperson;

(b)	the Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of the Prime Minister or his or her nominee; and

(c)	three other members, to be appointed by the Minister to represent oil fuel suppliers, distributors, and users respectively in Samoa.

(5) Before exercising any of his or her powers under this section, the Minister shall consult with the Oil Fuel Supply Committee, unless the Minister is satisfied in any case of emergency that it is not practicable to do so.

4.	Notices - (1) The Minister shall give public notice of any exercise of any of his powers under this Act.

(2) Such public notice shall be given by being published in the Savali and in at least one newspaper circulating in Samoa.

(3) The Minister shall by any other means give notice to any person of any exercise of any of the Minister's powers under this Act.

(4) Every public notice or other notice under this Act shall take effect when it is first published or given, or at such later time as may be specified in that behalf in the notice.

(5) Any notice under this Act may at any time be varied or revoked by a subsequent notice.

5.	Regulations - The Head of State, acting on the advice of Cabinet, may from time to time make all such regulations as shall be necessary or expedient for the general purpose of this Act and for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for its due administration.

6.	Offences and penalties - (1) Every person who does any act, or makes any omission, in contravention of any restriction, prohibition, direction, or requirement imposed, given, or made by the Minister under this Act of which public notice has been given or of which notice has been given to that person, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

(2) Every person who commits an offence against this Act or against any regulations made under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units, and if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for every day on which the offence has continued.

7.	Revocation - The Oil Fuel Supply Regulations 1973 are hereby revoked.

REVISION NOTES 2008

This law has been generally edited as provided for by section 5 of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008. The following general revisions have been made –

(a)	References to Western Samoa have been amended to Samoa in accordance with an amendment to the Constitution of Samoa in 1997.

(b)	The fines have been amended and are stated as penalty units as provided for by the Fines (Review and Amendment) Act 1998.

(c)	All references to the male gender have been made gender neutral.

(d)	Amendments have been made to conform to modern drafting styles and to use modern language as applied in the laws of Samoa.

(e)	Amendments have been made to up-date references to offices, officers and statutes.

(f)	Other minor editing has been done in accordance with the lawful powers of the Attorney General.

There were no amendments made to this law since the publication of the Western Samoa Statutes Reprint 1978-1996.

This law has been consolidated and revised by the Attorney General under the authority of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008 and is an official version of this Act as at 31 December 2007. It is an offence to publish this Act without approval or to make any unauthorised change to an electronic version of this Act.

Revised and consolidated by Fetogi R. Vaai
Under the supervision of Teleiai Lalotoa Sinaalamaimaleula Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel). 

REVISION NOTES 2008 No.2

This law has been generally edited as provided for by section 5 of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008. The commencement date (the same as the date of assent - section 8, Acts Interpretation Act 1974) is inserted under the date of assent. No amendment has been made to this law since the publication of the Consolidated and Revised Statutes of Samoa 2007.

This law has been consolidated and revised by the Attorney General under the authority of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008 and is an official version of this Act as at 31 December 2008. It is an offence to publish this Act without approval or to make any unauthorised change to an electronic version of this Act.

Revised and consolidated under the supervision of Teleiai.Lalotoa S Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel).

REVISION NOTES 2009

There were no amendments made to this law since the publication of the Consolidated and Revised Statutes of Samoa 2007.

This law has been consolidated and revised by the Attorney General under the authority of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008 and is an official version of this Act as at 31 December 2009. It is an offence to publish this Act without approval or to make any unauthorised change to an electronic version of this Act.

Revised and consolidated by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Papalii Malietau Malietoa (Parliamentary Counsel).

The Oil Fuel Supply Act 1974 is administered in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.