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• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  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 and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to replace the state and Northern Territory based Designated Authorities with the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (which will replace the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and have extended functions) and the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (located within the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism) to administer and regulate petroleum and greenhouse gas storage operations in Commonwealth waters in the Australian offshore area. Also repeals the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Annual Fees) Act 2006

  and

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Act 2006

  and makes amendments consequential on these repeals. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 5 bills which rewrites and replaces the legislation currently providing for the administration of Australia’s offshore petroleum resources the bill replaces the Petroleum

  (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  and provides for: the grant of exploration permits, retention leases, production licences, infrastructure licences, pipeline licences, special prospecting authorities and access authorities; and occupational health and safety provisions, including the operation of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority for their administration. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge (Timor Sea Treaty) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill makes technical amendments to the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  , retrospectively, as a consequence of the ratification by Australia and East Timor of the Timor Sea Treaty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Tourism portfolio 

  Bill

• Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations from a national review of legislation governing exploration and development of offshore petroleum resources and its compliance with competition policy principles by amending the

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  to: impose a limit on renewals of exploration permits; and reduce compliance costs for the petroleum industry by reducing the number of reviews required, of the commerciality of a discovery held under a retention lease. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  to: establish a National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority which will provide a national safety regulatory regime for Australia’s offshore petroleum industry in Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory coastal waters; ensure that the Commonwealth remittance to the States and the Northern Territory of annual fees collected in respect of titles does not include the goods and services tax component of the fees; move the procedures for petroleum data submission from the Act into regulations; and improve safety regulation and administration. Also contains a regulation-making power and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill makes consequential amendments to 12 Acts, retrospectively, to give effect to certain Articles of the Timor Sea Treaty in relation to criminal jurisdiction, customs, employment regulation, migration, quarantine, income tax and fringe benefits tax. Also repeals the

  Petroleum (Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation) Act 1990

  and contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill gives retrospective effect to the Timor Sea Treaty between Australia and East Timor, which provides a framework for the exploration, development and exploitation of the petroleum resources in the Joint Petroleum Development Area created by the Treaty. Also contains application and transitional provisions and a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of the government’s petroleum reform package in relation to the retail petroleum industry, the bill repeals the

  Petroleum Retail Marketing Franchise Act 1980

  and

  Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Act 1980

  on 1 March 2007, which will occur concurrently with the introduction of a mandatory industry code to regulate the industry; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997

  to exempt from goods and services tax certain transactions and transfers associated with the corporatisation of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum