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Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006

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Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2005

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Act
Portfolio	Industry, Tourism and Resources

Summary

Part of a package of 5 bills which rewrites the legislation currently providing for the administration of Australia’s offshore petroleum resources, the bill repeals the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967, Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Fees Act 1994, Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Registration Fees) Act 1967 and Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Royalty) Act 1967; makes consequential amendments to 30 other Acts; and provides that the penalty in section 96 of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 is taken to have never been enacted.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	23/06/05
Second reading moved	23/06/05
Second reading agreed to	18/08/05
Third reading agreed to	18/08/05

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	05/09/05
Second reading moved	05/09/05
Second reading agreed to	27/02/06
Third reading agreed to	01/03/06

Assent	29/03/06	Act no.: 17 - Year: 2006