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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) AMENDMENT BILL 60 OF 2007

                                  TASMANIA

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               PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS)
                   AMENDMENT BILL 2007
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                                  CONTENTS
          1.   Short title
          2.   Commencement
          3.   Principal Act
          4.   Section 4 amended (Section 3 amended (Interpretation))
          5.   Section 5 amended (Section 8 substituted)




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                         PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS)
                             AMENDMENT BILL 2007
              (Brought in by the Minister for Economic Development and
                  Resources, the Honourable Paul Anthony Lennon)

                                     A BILL FOR

            An Act to amend the Petroleum (Submerged Lands)
            Amendment Act 2004


            Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
            and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
            House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:



                1. Short title

                            This Act may be cited as the Petroleum
                            (Submerged Lands) Amendment Act 2007.


                2. Commencement
                            This Act commences on the day on which this
                            Act receives the Royal Assent.


                3. Principal Act

                            In this Act, the Petroleum (Submerged Lands)
                            Amendment Act 2004* is referred to as the
                            Principal Act.


       *No. 41 of 2004

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        Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Act 2007
                          Act No. of
s. 4


       4. Section 4 amended           (Section    3    amended
          (Interpretation))
               Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended as
               follows:

                 (a)   by omitting from paragraph (a) the
                       definition of "the Commonwealth Act"
                       and substituting the following definition:

                         "Commonwealth Act" means ­

                                (a)   the           Petroleum
                                      (Submerged Lands) Act
                                      1967       of        the
                                      Commonwealth,         as
                                      amended from time to
                                      time; or

                                (b)   if     the       Petroleum
                                      (Submerged Lands) Act
                                      1967          of        the
                                      Commonwealth              is
                                      repealed and re-enacted,
                                      with       or      without
                                      modification, the Act of
                                      the Commonwealth that
                                      re-enacts it, as amended
                                      from time to time;

                 (b)   by omitting from the definition of
                       "interstate Minister" in paragraph (b)
                       "Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967
                       of the Commonwealth" and substituting
                       "Commonwealth Act".


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 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Act 2007
                   Act No. of
                                                              s. 5


5. Section 5 amended (Section 8 substituted)

         Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by
         omitting paragraph (c) of the definition of
         "Commonwealth Act" in section 8, as
         substituted, and substituting the following:

                 (c)   the Petroleum (Submerged Lands)
                       Fees    Act    1994    of   the
                       Commonwealth ­

             or, if an Act specified in paragraphs (a), (b)
             or (c) is repealed and re-enacted, with or
             without modification, the Act of the
             Commonwealth that re-enacts it, as amended
             from time to time;




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