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

16 June 2011

© Commonwealth of Australia 2011
ISBN 978-1-74229-467-4

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Membership of Committee	(PDF 17KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 138KB)
Referral Summary of the bills Related inquiries and reports Conduct of the inquiry Outline of this report
Chapter 2 - Australia's upstream petroleum and gas sector	(PDF 485KB)
Background Current regulatory arrangements Issues with the current framework
Chapter 3 - Proposal for the national regulators	(PDF 132KB)
NOPSEMA specific matters Titles Administrator specific matters Directions New offences Co-operation between NOPSEMA and the Titles Administrator, and with other agencies Accountability and reviews
Chapter 4 - Views on the proposed national regulators	(PDF 96KB)
Overall efficiencies and best regulatory practice Expertise Effect on Joint Authority arrangements and consideration of local issues How the arrangements will operate in practice Committee view
Chapter 5 - Cost recovery arrangements and changes to the administration of royalties and fees	(PDF 127KB)
Royalty Act amendments Cost recovery Committee view
Chapter 6 -  The Personal Property Securities Bill	(PDF 29KB)
Coalition Senators' Dissenting report	(PDF 110KB)
Western Australia would be most affected The legislation ignores the co-operative work to date between the two governments Western Australia's view Montara Impact on WA state finances and autonomy Forecasting of Northwest Shelf royalties Constitutional settlement Environment and Biodiversity Act Conclusion Recommendations
APPENDIX 1 - Submissions Received	(PDF 14KB)
APPENDIX 2 - Public Hearing and Witnesses	(PDF 14KB)

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Economics
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3540
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5719
Email:	economics.sen@aph.gov.au