Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Bill 2006 – Parliament of Australia

Type: Government
Portfolio: Industry, Tourism and Resources
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 41
Summary: Part of a package of 5 bills which rewrites the legislation currently providing for the administration of Australia’s offshore petroleum resources, the bill replaces the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Royalty) Act 1967
by imposing a royalty to be payable in respect of petroleum produced in the North West Shelf project area under the proposed
Offshore Petroleum Act 2005
; and makes transitional arrangements.

Progress

House of Representatives
23 Jun 2005	Introduced and read a first time
23 Jun 2005	Second reading moved
18 Aug 2005	Second reading agreed to
18 Aug 2005	Third reading agreed to

Senate
05 Sep 2005	Introduced and read a first time
05 Sep 2005	Second reading moved
27 Feb 2006	Second reading agreed to
01 Mar 2006	Third reading agreed to

29 Mar 2006

Assent

Act no.: 18

Year: 2006

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No documents at present

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

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Bills Digest

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changed to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.

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