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TOTAL RESULTS: 36
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- Date
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10 Feb 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Resources and Energy
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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19 Mar 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources and Energy
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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13 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources and Energy
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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15 Aug 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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18 Jun 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources, Energy and Tourism
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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27 Aug 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources, Energy and Tourism
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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17 Sep 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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18 Jun 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources, Energy and Tourism
- Summary
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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
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- Date
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25 May 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Resources and Energy
- Summary
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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
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