PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 NO. 83, 1980 

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 NO. 83, 1980 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 83, 1980
- SECT 1
Short title.

                    PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION
                        PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980
                                 No. 83 of 1980

      An Act to amend the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Exploration Permit
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) (Explor-
ation Permit Fees) Amendment Act 1980.*1*
  (2) The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Exploration Permit Fees) Act 1967*2* is
in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 83, 1980
- SECT 2
Commencement

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

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 83, 1980
- SECT 3
Title

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 The title to the Principal Act is repealed and the following title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

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

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 83, 1980
- SECT 4
Permit fees

  4. (1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended-

  (a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) "One hundred dollars"
and substituting "$300"; and

  (b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) "Five dollars" and
substituting "$15".
  (2) The amendments made by this section do not apply in respect of a year of
the term of a permit that commenced before the date of commencement of this
Act. 

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 83, 1980
- SECT 5
Fees and penalties debts due to the Commonwealth

  5. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following sub-section:

  "(2) Fees and other amounts referred to 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) (EXPLORATION PERMIT FEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 83, 1980 - NOTE

                                      NOTE
  1. Act No. 83, 1980; assented to 29 May 1980.

  2. No. 120, 1967.