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  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Amendment Bill 2010

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    Date
    10 Feb 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Resources and Energy 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Act 2003
    to provide transitional arrangements until 31 December 2012 to enable safety levies relating to pipelines in designated coastal waters to be collected in certain states and the Northern Territory. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Amendment Bill 2009

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    Date
    19 Mar 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Resources and Energy 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Act 2003
    to remove references to the pipeline safety management plan levy to enable the payment of safety case levies for pipelines. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008

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    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

  • Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007

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    Date
    15 Aug 2007 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Tourism and Resources 
    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

  • Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008

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    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 Act 2006
    to enable the transportation by pipeline and injection and storage of greenhouse gas substances in Commonwealth offshore waters by: providing for the release of offshore acreage over which greenhouse gas titles may be obtained, establishing a system of titles to authorise title-holders to engage in greenhouse gas related operations and conferring on the minister regulatory powers in relation to those titles and activities, and adapting existing petroleum provisions relating to administrative, regulatory and process matters to greenhouse gas titles and operations. Also amends the existing regime of petroleum titles to accommodate the new kinds of activity being authorised by the Act; amends the long title of the Act and renames it as the
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
    ; and makes consequential amendments to 27 other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007

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    Date
    14 Feb 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Tourism and Resources 
    Summary
    Introduced with the
    Customs Tariff Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007
    , the bill makes consequential amendments to the
    Offshore Petroleum Act 2006
    ,
    Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
    and
    Radiocommunications Act 1992
    to put in place a framework necessary for Australia to meet its obligations under the Greater Sunrise Unitisation Agreement between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste when the
    Offshore Petroleum Act 2006
    comes into force. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Datum) Bill 2008

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    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 (Safety Levies) Bill 2003

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    Date
    17 Sep 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Tourism and Resources 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 2003, the bill imposes levies (a safety investigation levy, a safety case levy and a pipeline safety management plan levy) on the operators of facilities engaged in the exploration, development and production of offshore petroleum. The levies will be used to fund the regulatory activities of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008

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    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 (Safety Levies) Act 2003
    to: impose a safety investigation levy, safety case levy and pipeline safety management plan levy in relation to greenhouse gas facilities and pipelines in Commonwealth offshore waters; and amend the long title of the Act and rename it as the
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Act 2003
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011

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    Date
    25 May 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Resources and Energy 
    Summary
    Part of a package of five bills in relation to the administration and regulation of petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters, the bill amends the
    Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Act 2006
    to replace references to ‘Designated Authority’ with ‘State Minister’ consequent on the proposed
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Act 2011
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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