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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 8 Interpretation

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 8

Division 2 - Administration of the Commonwealth adjacent area Interpretation

In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears –
Commonwealth Act means, as the context requires –
(a) the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth; or
(b) the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Registration Fees) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth; or
(c) the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Fees Act 1994 of the Commonwealth –
or, if an Act specified in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) is repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, the Act of the Commonwealth that re-enacts it, as amended from time to time;
Commonwealth adjacent area means –
(a) if the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth is in force, the adjacent area in respect of Tasmania determined in accordance with section 5A of that Act; or
(b) if the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth has been repealed and been re-enacted (with or without modifications), the area that, under the re-enacted Act of the Commonwealth, corresponds to the adjacent area in respect of Tasmania determined in accordance with section 5A of the repealed Act.