Proclamation

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, GovernorGeneral of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006, fix 1 July 2008 as the day on which sections 3 to 5 of that Act commence.

Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 24 June 2008

P. M. JEFFERY
GovernorGeneral

By His Excellency’s Command

MARTIN FERGUSON

Minister for Resources and Energy