Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2015

No. 34, 2015

An Act to amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Boundary‑change petroleum exploration permits

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003

Part 2—NOPSEMA inspectors

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2015

No. 34, 2015

An Act to amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003, and for related purposes

[Assented to 2 April 2015]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2015.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3  Schedules

  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Boundary‑change petroleum exploration permits

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003

1  Subsection 10E(7)

Insert:

boundary‑change petroleum exploration permit has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

2  Subsection 10E(7) (after paragraph (b) of the definition of eligible title)

Insert:

 (ba) a boundary‑change petroleum exploration permit; or

Part 2—NOPSEMA inspectors

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003

3  Section 3

Insert:

NOPSEMA inspector has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

4  Section 3 (definition of OHS inspector)

Repeal the definition.

5  Paragraph 5(1)(b)

Omit “an OHS inspector”, substitute “a NOPSEMA inspector”.

6  Paragraph 6(1)(b)

Omit “an OHS inspector”, substitute “a NOPSEMA inspector”.

7  Paragraphs 9(1)(b) and (g)

Omit “an OHS inspector”, substitute “a NOPSEMA inspector”.

8  Paragraphs 10(1)(b) and (g)

Omit “an OHS inspector”, substitute “a NOPSEMA inspector”.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 26 February 2015

Senate on 4 March 2015]