Bills Digest no. 106 2006–07
Customs Tariff Amendment (Greater
Sunrise) Bill 2007
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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Background
Provisions of the Bill
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Passage History
Customs Tariff Amendment
(Greater Sunrise) Bill
2007
Date
introduced: 14
February 2007
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Justice and Customs
Commencement:
Sections 1 - 3 commence
upon Royal Assent, Schedule 1 commences at the same time as
Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise)
Act 2007 commences.
The bill makes consequential
amendments to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 necessary to
implement Australia s obligations under the Greater Sunrise
Unitisation Agreement (IUA), which was signed by Australia and
Timor-Leste in Dili on 6 March 2003.
The IUA is being incorporated into the Offshore Petroleum
Act 2006, via the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater
Sunrise) Bill 2007 currently before Parliament. See the Bills
Digest for that bill for background detail on the IUA and its
implementation. Note that the operative provisions of the
Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 are not yet in force.
In particular, Article 22 of the IUA allows for duty-free entry
of any goods and equipment entering the unitisation area for the
purposes of petroleum activities. The Customs Tariff Amendment
(Greater Sunrise) Act 2004 added item 22A to
Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to provide for
the duty free entry of goods.
The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 (PSLA) is
being replaced by the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006. This
bill replaces references to PLSA within the Customs Tariff Act
1995 (the Act) with reference to the Offshore Petroleum
Act 2006.
Item 1 in Schedule 1 amends Subsection 3(1) of
the Act to replace reference to PSLA with the Offshore Petroleum
Act.
Item 2 amends Schedule 4 (item 22A) of the Act
to omit reference to the PSLA and replace with Eastern Greater
Sunrise offshore area, within the meaning of the Offshore
Petroleum Act 2006 .
Bronwen Jaggers
26 February 2007
Bills Digest Service
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