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appears Commonwealth Act means, as the context requires or, if an Act specified in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) is repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, the Act of the Commonwealth that re-enacts it, as amended from time to time;(a) the Petroleum (Submerged Lands)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accordance with section 5A of that Act; or(b) if the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of the Commonwealth has been repealed and been re-enacted (with or without modifications), the area that, under the re-enacted Act of the Commonwealth, corresponds to the adjacent area in respect of Tasmania determined in accordance with section 5A of the repealed Act.