Offshore Minerals Act 1994

Act No. 28 of 1994 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 27 December 2011
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 113 of 2011

Volume 2 includes: Table of Contents
   Schedule 1
   Note 1
   Table of Acts
   Act Notes
   Table of Amendments
   Note 2
   Table A

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

 

 

 

Contents

Schedule 1—Savings and transitional provisions 

Part 1—General 

1 Correspondence of permits etc. under 1981 Act and licences under this Act

2 Correspondence of provisions

3 References in documents to provisions of the 1981 Act

Part 2—Savings and transitional provisions applicable on the transition from the Minerals (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 to this Act

4 Instruments in force under the 1981 Act on the commencement of this Act

5 Regulations under the 1981 Act

6 Saving of application for permit etc. under the 1981 Act

7 Saving of exploration permits

8 Saving of instruments under the 1981 Act

Notes 

Schedule 1Savings and transitional provisions

Part 1General

1  Correspondence of permits etc. under 1981 Act and licences under this Act

  For the purposes of this Schedule:

 (a) an exploration permit under the 1981 Act and an exploration licence under this Act correspond to each other; and

 (b) a production licence under the 1981 Act and a mining licence under this Act correspond to each other; and

 (c) a works authority under the 1981 Act and a works licence under this Act correspond to each other; and

 (d) an instrument of consent under section 74 of the 1981 Act and a special purpose consent under this Act correspond to each other.

2  Correspondence of provisions

 (1) If one provision of the 1981 Act and one provision of this Act have the same legal effect, the 2 provisions correspond to each other.

 (2) If:

 (a) one provision of the 1981 Act has a particular legal effect in relation to a number of permit types; and

 (b) a provision of this Act has that legal effect in relation to one only of those permit types;

the 2 provisions correspond to each other for the purposes of applying this Schedule to that permit type.

 (3) In this clause:

legal effect includes conferring the power to issue a document.

permit type means:

 (a) in relation to the 1981 Act:

 (i) an exploration permit; or

 (ii) a production licence; or

 (iii) a works authority; or

 (iv) an instrument of consent under section 74 of that Act; and

 (b) in relation to this Act:

 (i) a retention licence; or

 (ii) an exploration licence; or

 (iii) a mining licence; or

 (iv) a works licence; or

 (v) a special purpose consent.

3  References in documents to provisions of the 1981 Act

  A reference in a document to a provision of the 1981 Act is to be construed as a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.


Part 2Savings and transitional provisions applicable on the transition from the Minerals (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 to this Act

4  Instruments in force under the 1981 Act on the commencement of this Act

 (1) An instrument that was in force under a provision of the 1981 Act immediately before the commencement of this Act has effect, from that commencement, as if it were an instrument made under the corresponding provision of this Act.

 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the instrument may be:

 (a) a determination; or

 (b) a direction; or

 (c) an approval; or

 (d) a notice; or

 (e) a declaration.

 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a delegation under section 20 of the 1981 Act.

 (4) If an instrument to which subsection (1) applies was, when made, to have effect only for a limited period, the instrument has effect under subsection (1) only for so much of the period as had not already expired before the commencement of this Act.

5  Regulations under the 1981 Act

 (1) Subject to subsection (3), any regulations made under the 1981 Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act continue in force as if they were made under this Act.

 (2) A reference in a regulation so continued in force to a provision of the 1981 Act is taken to be a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.

 (3) This section does not apply to a regulation the making of which would not be authorised by this Act.

6  Saving of application for permit etc. under the 1981 Act

 (1) If:

 (a) a person applied for an exploration permit under the 1981 Act before the commencement of this Act; and

 (b) the application is not determined before that commencement;

the application has effect from that commencement as if it were an application for an exploration licence under this Act.

 (2) If:

 (a) a person applied for a production licence under the 1981 Act before the commencement of this Act; and

 (b) the application is not determined before that commencement;

the application has effect from that commencement as if it were an application for a mining licence under this Act.

 (3) If:

 (a) a person applied for a works authority under the 1981 Act before the commencement of this Act; and

 (b) the application is not determined before that commencement;

the application has effect from that commencement as if it were an application for a works licence under this Act.

 (4) If:

 (a) a person applied for a consent under section 74 of the 1981 Act before the commencement of this Act; and

 (b) the application is not determined before that commencement;

the application has effect from that commencement as if it were an application for a special purpose consent under this Act.

7  Saving of exploration permits

 (1) An exploration permit that was in force under the 1981 Act immediately before the commencement of this Act has effect from that commencement as if it were an exploration licence in force under this Act.

 (2) If subsection (1) applies to an exploration licence:

 (a) the licence remains in force for a period of 2 years commencing on the day on which the licence is granted; and

 (b) section 104 of this Act does not apply to the licence.

 (3) If:

 (a) subsection (1) applies to an exploration licence; and

 (b) the licence holder applies to renew the licence;

the holder must surrender on each surrender day of the licence:

 (c) 25% of the number of blocks in the licence area; or

 (d) if 25% of that number is a whole number and a fraction—the next higher whole number.

8  Saving of instruments under the 1981 Act

  If an instrument:

 (a) is an instrument of a kind referred to in column 2 of the following Table; and

 (b) was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act;

then the instrument continues in force immediately after that commencement as if, at the time it had been made, it had been made in the same terms as an instrument of the kind referred to in the corresponding item in column 3 of the Table:

TABLE

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Item

Instrument made under the Minerals (Submerged Lands) Act 1981

Instrument made under this Act

1.

Declaration under section 22 of a reserved block.

Declaration under section 18 of a reserved block.

2.

Direction under section 65.

Direction under section 387.

3.

Prohibition under section 76.

Declaration under section 403.

4.

Direction under section 78.

Directions under sections 368, 370, 371 and 387.

5.

Appointment of person under subsection 80(1) to be an inspector.

Appointment of person under section 421 to be an inspector.

6.

Certificate under subsection 80(2).

Identity card under section 422.

7.

Request under section 82.

Request under section 367.

Notes to the Offshore Minerals Act 1994

Note 1

The Offshore Minerals Act 1994 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 28, 1994 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act

Number
and year

Date
of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Offshore Minerals Act 1994

28, 1994

25 Feb 1994

25 Feb 1994

 

Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1994

94, 1994

29 June 1994

Schedule 1 (in part) (a)

Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1996

18, 1996

28 June 1996

Schedule 1: 25 Feb 1994

Crimes at Sea Act 2000

13, 2000

31 Mar 2000

Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent
Remainder: 31 Mar 2001

Sch. 2 (item 11)

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000

137, 2000

24 Nov 2000

Ss. 1–3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9–11, 32): Royal Assent
Remainder: 24 May 2001

Sch. 2 (items 418, 419)

Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001

140, 2001

1 Oct 2001

2 Oct 2001

S. 4

Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2006

17, 2006

29 Mar 2006

Schedule 2 (items 55–71): 1 July 2008 (see s. 2(1) and F2008L02273)

Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008

117, 2008

21 Nov 2008

Schedule 3 (items 24–31): 22 Nov 2008

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act (No. 2) 2010

4, 2010

19 Feb 2010

Schedule 11 (item 13): 20 Feb 2010

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011

46, 2011

27 June 2011

Schedule 2 (item 878) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011

Sch. 3 (items 10, 11)

Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Act 2011

113, 2011

14 Oct 2011

Schedule 1 (item 1): [see Note 2]

(a) The Offshore Minerals Act 1994 was amended by the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1994 subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:

 (7) The amendment of the Offshore Minerals Act 1994 made by the Schedule is taken to have commenced on 25 February 1994.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Reader’s Guide...........

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Chapter 1

 

Part 1.1

 

S. 3....................

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Note to s. 3(1).............

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Note 4 to s. 3(2)...........

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Part 1.2

 

Division 1

 

S. 11...................

am. No. 140, 2001

S. 11A..................

ad. No. 140, 2001

Division 2

 

S. 13...................

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Note to s. 13(1)............

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

S. 14...................

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Note 1 to s. 14(1)..........

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Note 2 to s. 14(1)..........

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Note to s. 14(2)............

rs. No. 17, 2006

 

am. No. 117, 2008

Heading to s. 15...........

am. No. 18, 1996

S. 15...................

am. No. 18, 1996

S. 16...................

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Part 1.4

 

Note 2 to s. 35............

am. No. 17, 2006; No. 117, 2008

Chapter 2

 

Part 2.1

 

S. 44...................

am. No. 140, 2001

Chapter 3

 

Part 3.1

 

Division 1

 

Note 2 to s. 328(1).........

rs. No. 137, 2000

Part 3.2

 

Division 2

 

S. 364..................

am. No. 140, 2001

Chapter 4

 

Part 4.1

 

S. 372..................

am. No. 140, 2001

Part 4.2

 

Division 1

 

S. 378..................

am. No. 4, 2010

Division 2

 

Note to s. 390(2)...........

am. No. 46, 2011

Division 5

 

S. 404..................

am. No. 140, 2001

Note to s. 404(4)...........

ad. No. 140, 2001

Division 6

 

S. 405..................

am. No. 137, 2000

Note 2 to s. 405(2).........

rs. No. 137, 2000

Note 4 to s. 405(2).........

rs. No. 137, 2000

Note 5 to s. 405(2).........

am. No. 137, 2000

Note 7 to s. 405(2).........

ad. No. 137, 2000

Part 4.5

 

S. 423..................

rs. No. 140, 2001

Chapter 5

 

Part 5.1

 

S. 429..................

am. No. 13, 2000

Schedule 1

 

Schedule 1...............

am. No. 94, 1994

Schedule 2...............

rep. No. 17, 2006

Note 2

Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Act 2011 (No. 113, 2011)

The following amendment commences on 30 January 2012 (see section 306 of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 and F2011L02397):

Schedule 1

1  After section 439

Insert:

439A  Licences, and interests in licences etc., are not personal property for the purposes of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  Each of the following is declared not to be personal property for the purposes of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009:

 (a) a licence;

 (b) an interest or right in, or in relation to, a licence.

Note: See paragraph 8(1)(k) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009.

As at 27 December 2011 the amendment is not incorporated in this compilation.

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (No. 13, 2000)

Schedule 2

11  Application of amendments

(1) The amendments made by this Schedule apply to acts and omissions that take place after this Schedule commences.

(2) Although this Schedule repeals the Crimes at Sea Act 1979, that Act continues to apply, in relation to acts and omissions that took place before this Schedule commences, as if the repeal had not happened.

(3) For the purposes of this item, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between two dates, one before and one on or after the day on which this Schedule commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before this Schedule commences.

 

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional—precommencement offences

(1) Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

 (a) an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

 (b) proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

 (c) any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2) Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional—precommencement notices

If:

 (a) a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

 (b) any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

 (c) the firstmentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the firstmentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

 

Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 140, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

 (1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

 

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving—appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The GovernorGeneral may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.