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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Titles Administration and Other Measures) Bill 2021

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

Summary

Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2021, the bill amends the: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to: provide for oversight and scrutiny of transactions involving a change of control of a petroleum or greenhouse gas titleholder, through a merger or takeover; expand existing powers to 'call back' previous titleholders to decommission infrastructure and remediate the marine environment in the title area where the current or immediate former titleholder is unable to do so (known as 'trailing liability'); provide for specific decision-making criteria and expanded information-gathering powers; and make minor and technical amendments in relation to the operation of the Act, including enabling electronic lodgement of applications. Also repeals 23 obsolete Acts.

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	26/05/21
Second reading moved	26/05/21
Second reading debate	05/08/21
Second reading agreed to	05/08/21
Third reading agreed to	05/08/21

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	09/08/21
Second reading moved	09/08/21
Second reading debate	12/08/21
Second reading debate	23/08/21
Second reading agreed to	23/08/21
Committee of the Whole debate	23/08/21
Committee of the Whole debate	24/08/21
Third reading agreed to	24/08/21

Finally passed both Houses	24/08/21
Assent	02/09/21	Act no: 96 - Year: 2021

[Information on document types]

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Second reading speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate

Independent [sheet 1349] PATRICK, Sen Rex
Pauline Hanson's One Nation [sheet 1377] HANSON, Sen Pauline

Schedules of amendments

Bills Digest

Notes

Considered by scrutiny committee (16/06/2021): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 13 of 2021
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)