Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Significant Incident Directions) Bill 2011

Type: Government
Portfolio: Resources and Energy
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to enable the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority to issue a direction to require a petroleum titleholder to remediate the effects of a significant offshore petroleum incident within a title area that has caused, or may cause, an escape of petroleum.

Progress

House of Representatives
21 Sep 2011	Introduced and read a first time
21 Sep 2011	Second reading moved
21 Nov 2011	Referred to Main Committee
22 Nov 2011	Second reading debate
22 Nov 2011	Second reading agreed to
23 Nov 2011	Reported from Main Committee
23 Nov 2011	Third reading agreed to

Senate
07 Feb 2012	Introduced and read a first time
07 Feb 2012	Second reading moved
09 Feb 2012	Second reading debate
09 Feb 2012	Second reading agreed to
09 Feb 2012	Third reading agreed to

09 Feb 2012	Text of bill as passed both Houses
06 Mar 2012	Assent Act no.: 2 Year: 2012

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No documents at present

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (22/09/2011): House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts; Committee report (21/11/2011)

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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

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Schedules of amendments

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