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Western Australia Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Contents Part 1 -- Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Terms used 2 Part 2 -- Petroleum titles in Scott Reef area 4. Expansion of lease R2 6 5. Expansion of lease TR/5 6 6. New exploration permit under Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 6 Part 3 -- Petroleum titles in Seringapatam Reef area 7. New exploration permit under Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 7 8. New exploration permit under Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 and subsequent expansion 7 Part 4 -- Transitional matters 9. Locations 9 10. Registers 9 Defined terms 95--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 A Bill for An Act to make provision about certain petroleum titles in the Browse Basin as a consequence of changes to maritime boundaries and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Part 1 Preliminary s. 1 1 Part 1 -- Preliminary 2 1. Short title 3 This is the Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Act 2014. 4 2. Commencement 5 This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives 6 the Royal Assent. 7 3. Terms used 8 In this Act -- 9 adjacent area has the meaning given in the Petroleum 10 (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 5; 11 adjacent area block means -- 12 (a) a WA-30-R adjacent area block; or 13 (b) a WA-315-P adjacent area block; or 14 (c) the WA-398-P adjacent area block; 15 commencement day means the day on which this Act comes 16 into operation; 17 Commonwealth Act means the Offshore Petroleum and 18 Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Commonwealth); 19 Commonwealth register means a register kept under the 20 Commonwealth Act section 469; 21 inshore block means -- 22 (a) a TR/5 inshore block; or 23 (b) a WA-30-R inshore block; or 24 (c) a WA-315-P inshore block; 25 lease TR/5 means the retention lease of that designation in force 26 under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 Part III; 27 lease R2 means the petroleum retention lease of that designation 28 in force under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources 29 Act 1967 Part III; page 2 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Preliminary Part 1 s. 3 1 lease WA-30-R means the petroleum retention lease of that 2 designation in force under the Commonwealth Act Part 2.3; 3 permit WA-315-P means the petroleum exploration permit of 4 that designation in force under the Commonwealth Act Part 2.2; 5 permit WA-398-P means the petroleum exploration permit of 6 that designation in force under the Commonwealth Act Part 2.2; 7 PGERA Minister means the Minister responsible for the 8 administration of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy 9 Resources Act 1967; 10 PGERA register means the register kept under the Petroleum 11 and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 70; 12 PSLA Minister means the Minister responsible for the 13 administration of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982; 14 PSLA register means the register kept under the Petroleum 15 (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 75; 16 relevant renewal day means -- 17 (a) in relation to an adjacent area block -- 18 (i) if the block is a WA-30-R adjacent area block -- 19 WA-30-R renewal day; or 20 (ii) if the block is a WA-315-P adjacent area 21 block -- WA-315-P renewal day; or 22 (iii) if the block is the WA-398-P adjacent area 23 block -- WA-398-P renewal day; 24 or 25 (b) in relation to an inshore block -- 26 (i) if the block is a TR/5 inshore block -- 27 TR/5 renewal day; or 28 (ii) if the block is a WA-30-R inshore block -- 29 WA-30-R renewal day; or 30 (iii) if the block is a WA-315-P inshore block -- 31 WA-315-P renewal day; page 3 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Part 1 Preliminary s. 3 1 TR/5 inshore block means a block as defined in the Petroleum 2 and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 5(1) that, 3 immediately before TR/5 renewal day, is purportedly the subject 4 of lease TR/5; 5 TR/5 renewal day means the day on which lease TR/5 is first 6 renewed under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 after 7 commencement day; 8 WA-30-R adjacent area block means a block as defined in the 9 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 4 that, 10 immediately before WA-30-R renewal day, is the subject of 11 lease WA-30-R; 12 WA-30-R inshore block means a block as defined in the 13 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 14 section 5(1) that, immediately before WA-30-R renewal day, is 15 purportedly the subject of lease WA-30-R; 16 WA-30-R renewal day means the day on which lease WA-30-R 17 is first renewed under the Commonwealth Act after 18 commencement day; 19 WA-315-P adjacent area block means a block as defined in the 20 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 4 that, 21 immediately before WA-315-P renewal day, is the subject of 22 permit WA-315-P; 23 WA-315-P inshore block means a block as defined in the 24 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 25 section 5(1) that, immediately before WA-315-P renewal day, is 26 purportedly the subject of lease WA-315-P; 27 WA-315-P renewal day means the day on which permit 28 WA-315-P is first renewed under the Commonwealth Act after 29 commencement day; 30 WA-398-P adjacent area block means the block as defined in 31 the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 4 that, 32 immediately before WA-398-P renewal day, is the subject of 33 permit WA-398-P; page 4 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Preliminary Part 1 s. 3 1 WA-398-P renewal day means the day on which permit 2 WA-398-P is first renewed under the Commonwealth Act after 3 commencement day. page 5 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Part 2 Petroleum titles in Scott Reef area s. 4 1 Part 2 -- Petroleum titles in Scott Reef area 2 4. Expansion of lease R2 3 (1) On WA-30-R renewal day each WA-30-R inshore block 4 becomes the subject of lease R2 and part of its lease area for the 5 purposes of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources 6 Act 1967. 7 (2) On TR/5 renewal day each TR/5 inshore block becomes the 8 subject of lease R2 and part of its lease area for the purposes of 9 the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967. 10 5. Expansion of lease TR/5 11 On WA-30-R renewal day each WA-30-R adjacent area block 12 becomes the subject of lease TR/5 and part of its lease area for 13 the purposes of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982. 14 6. New exploration permit under Petroleum (Submerged 15 Lands) Act 1982 16 (1) On WA-315-P renewal day the PSLA Minister is to grant an 17 exploration permit for petroleum to the holder of permit 18 WA-315-P in respect of the WA-315-P adjacent area block in 19 the vicinity of North Scott Reef. 20 (2) The permit can be granted subject to such conditions as the 21 PSLA Minister thinks fit and specifies in the permit, including 22 conditions of the kind described in the Petroleum (Submerged 23 Lands) Act 1982 section 33(2). 24 (3) For the purposes of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 25 and any other written law, the permit granted under 26 subsection (1) is to be taken to be an exploration permit for 27 petroleum granted under Part III of that Act. page 6 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Petroleum titles in Seringapatam Reef area Part 3 s. 7 1 Part 3 -- Petroleum titles in Seringapatam Reef area 2 7. New exploration permit under Petroleum and Geothermal 3 Energy Resources Act 1967 4 (1) On WA-315-P renewal day the PGERA Minister is to grant a 5 petroleum exploration permit to the holder of permit WA-315-P 6 in respect of the WA-315-P inshore blocks in the vicinity of 7 Seringapatam Reef. 8 (2) The permit can be granted subject to such conditions as the 9 PGERA Minister thinks fit and specifies in the permit, including 10 conditions of the kind described in the Petroleum and 11 Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 43(2). 12 (3) For the purposes of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy 13 Resources Act 1967 and any other written law, the permit 14 granted under subsection (1) is to be taken to be a petroleum 15 exploration permit granted under Part III of that Act. 16 8. New exploration permit under Petroleum (Submerged 17 Lands) Act 1982 and subsequent expansion 18 (1) On WA-315-P renewal day the PSLA Minister is to grant an 19 exploration permit for petroleum to the holder of permit 20 WA-315-P in respect of the WA-315-P adjacent area blocks in 21 the vicinity of Seringapatam Reef. 22 (2) The permit can be granted subject to such conditions as the 23 PSLA Minister thinks fit and specifies in the permit, including 24 conditions of the kind described in the Petroleum (Submerged 25 Lands) Act 1982 section 33(2). 26 (3) For the purposes of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 27 and any other written law, the permit granted under 28 subsection (1) is to be taken to be an exploration permit for 29 petroleum granted under Part III of that Act. page 7 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Part 3 Petroleum titles in Seringapatam Reef area s. 8 1 (4) On WA-398-P renewal day the WA-398-P adjacent area block 2 becomes the subject of the permit granted under subsection (1) 3 and part of its permit area for the purposes of the Petroleum 4 (Submerged Lands) Act 1982. page 8 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Transitional matters Part 4 s. 9 1 Part 4 -- Transitional matters 2 9. Locations 3 (1) An inshore block that immediately before the relevant renewal 4 day is, or forms part of, a location declared under the 5 Commonwealth Act section 131 or the Petroleum (Submerged 6 Lands) Act 1982 section 37 is, on and after the relevant renewal 7 day, to be taken to be a location declared under the Petroleum 8 and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 47. 9 (2) An adjacent area block that immediately before the relevant 10 renewal day is, or forms part of, a location declared under the 11 Commonwealth Act section 131 is, on and after the relevant 12 renewal day, to be taken to be a location declared under the 13 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 37. 14 10. Registers 15 (1) The PGERA Minister is to -- 16 (a) make any entry or endorsement in the PGERA register 17 that the Minister considers necessary to ensure that the 18 PGERA register accurately records the effect of this 19 Act; and 20 (b) record in the PGERA register any information relating 21 to an inshore block that immediately before the relevant 22 renewal day is recorded in a Commonwealth register or 23 the PSLA register. 24 (2) The PSLA Minister is to -- 25 (a) make any entry or endorsement in the PSLA register 26 that the PSLA Minister considers necessary to ensure 27 that the PSLA register accurately records the effect of 28 this Act; and page 9 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Part 4 Transitional matters s. 10 1 (b) record in the PSLA register any information relating to 2 an adjacent area block that immediately before the 3 relevant renewal day is recorded in a Commonwealth 4 register. 5 page 10 Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Bill 2014 Defined terms Defined terms [This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.] Defined term Provision(s) adjacent area ......................................................................................................... 3 adjacent area block................................................................................................ 3 commencement day .............................................................................................. 3 Commonwealth Act .............................................................................................. 3 Commonwealth register ........................................................................................ 3 inshore block ......................................................................................................... 3 lease R2 ................................................................................................................. 3 lease TR/5 ............................................................................................................. 3 lease WA-30-R ..................................................................................................... 3 permit WA-315-P ................................................................................................. 3 permit WA-398-P ................................................................................................. 3 PGERA Minister ................................................................................................... 3 PGERA register .................................................................................................... 3 PSLA Minister ...................................................................................................... 3 PSLA register........................................................................................................ 3 relevant renewal day ............................................................................................. 3 TR/5 inshore block................................................................................................ 3 TR/5 renewal day .................................................................................................. 3 WA-30-R adjacent area block ............................................................................... 3 WA-30-R inshore block ........................................................................................ 3 WA-30-R renewal day .......................................................................................... 3 WA-315-P adjacent area block ............................................................................. 3 WA-315-P inshore block ...................................................................................... 3 WA-315-P renewal day......................................................................................... 3 WA-398-P adjacent area block ............................................................................. 3 WA-398-P renewal day......................................................................................... 3
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