Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Malaysian Biofuel Industry Act 2007. (2) This Act comes into operation on a 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 in different parts of Malaysia.
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this Act; “biofuel” means any fuel, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, produced from biomass; “biomass” means any biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from agriculture (including plant and animal substances), forestry and related industries, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste; “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; “sea” includes inland waters; “licence” means a licence issued under section 8; “Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for biofuel; “enforcement officer” means any person appointed under section 16; “licensee” means the person to whom a licence is issued under section 8; “conveyance” means any vehicle, vessel, ship, aircraft or any other mode of transport whether by air, sea or land; “licensing authority” means the licensing authority referred to in section 6.
Prevailing law
(1) The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of any other written law relating to fuel. (2) In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Act and those of any other written law pertaining to biofuel, biofuel blended with any other fuel or biofuel blended with any other biofuel, the provisions of this Act shall prevail, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency.
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Text as at 1 November 2012 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated. Read the official text ↗
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).