2013
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Industry)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Act 2013.
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.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Schedule 1 | At the same time as the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Cash Bidding) Act 2013 commences. However, if that Act does not commence, the provision(s) do not commence at all. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendment of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003
1 Subsection 10E(7)
Insert:
cash‑bid petroleum exploration permit has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
2 Subsection 10E(7) (after paragraph (a) of the definition of eligible title)
Insert:
(aa) a cash‑bid petroleum exploration permit; or