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• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  in relation to: granting certain access authorities; declaring locations from the Designated Authority to Joint Authority; granting scientific investigation consents; the notification of discovery of petroleum in production license areas; datum provisions and the relabelling of title areas and blocks; duty of care offences; consent to operate a pipeline; requirements for data management plans; titleholder responsibilities in relation to drilling safety; and the registration and transfers of, and dealings in, petroleum titles;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997

  to add the Western Australian mirror legislation to the Act; and

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  ,

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  in relation to Commissions of inquiry into significant offshore incidents. Also makes minor technical corrections to five other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Applies a profits-based mineral royalty regime to new projects containing designated substances, including uranium, on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal land. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (Minor Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Act 2007

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to correct the year of enactment of South Australian and Western Australian gas legislation from 2007 to 2008. The amended legislation underpins the new national regime for the regulation of access to natural gas pipelines. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

  to: convert certain geodetic data references of area descriptions to Geocentric Datum of Australia (GOA94); remove certain ministerial emergency powers in part of Bass Strait; and make technical corrections. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Northern Australia 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2019 to partially implement the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea (New York, 6 March 2018), the bill amends 25 Acts to: permanently delimit the continental shelf boundary and the exclusive economic zone boundary between Australia and Timor-Leste; allow for a future adjustment of the lateral continental shelf boundaries subject to specific conditions being met; and establish the Greater Sunrise Special Regime in the Special Regime Area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  The bill: allows a Northern Territory Land Council and other parties in a state or territory to volunteer their land for consideration as the location for a national facility for the management of radioactive waste arising from medical, industrial and research uses of radioactive material; repeals the

  Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005

  ; and makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Board (ACRE) and the position of the Chief Executive Officer of ACRE to advise on the development of funding and promotion strategies for renewable energy development, commercialisation and use. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (AEMO and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to replace reference to the National Energy Market Management Company Limited with the Australian Energy Market Operator Limited, to reflect the commencement of a single national energy market operator for both the electricity and gas sectors from 1 July 2009. Also amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  to amend references to Western Australian gas legislation to reflect the delayed commencement of the National Gas Access Law in that state. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Datum) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

  to correct a technical error resulting from the

  Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2008

  in relation to geodetic data references. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Act 2006

  to: require the registered holder of titles to pay an annual fee for the term of the title; and amend the long title of the Act and rename it as the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Annual Fees) Act 2006

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum