PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 NO. 85, 1980 

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 NO. 85, 1980 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title.  
2. Commencement  
3. Title  
4. Licence Fees  
5. Fees and penalties debts due to the Commonwealth  

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 85, 1980
- SECT 1
Short title.

                     PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION
                        LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980
                                 No. 85 of 1980

      An Act to amend the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence
Fees) Act 1967

  BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
  1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production
Licence Fees) Amendment Act 1980.*1*
  (2) The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence Fees) Act 1967*2* is
in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 85, 1980
- SECT 2
Commencement

  2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by
Proclamation.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 85, 1980
- SECT 3
Title

  3. The title of the Principal Act is repealed and the following title
substituted:

  "An Act to provide for the payment of fees in respect of licences under the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 to recover petroleum from submerged
lands". 

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 85, 1980
- SECT 4
Licence Fees

  4. (1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-
section (1) "Three thousand dollars" and substituting "$9,000".
  (2) The amendment made by this section does not apply in respect of a year
of the term of a licence that commenced before the date of commencement of
this Act.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 85, 1980
- SECT 5
Fees and penalties debts due to the Commonwealth

  5. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following sub-section:

  "(2) Fees and other amounts referred to in sub-section (1) received by the
Designated Authority shall be received by him on behalf of the Commonwealth.".
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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PRODUCTION LICENCE FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 85, 1980 - NOTE

                                      NOTE

  1. Act No. 85, 1980; assented to 29 May 1980.

  2. No. 121, 1967.