Bill
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-11-28
- second reading — 2018-11-28
- other — 2019-04-11
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-11-28.
This bill is part of a package that partially implements the 2018 Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste.
It amends the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 to establish the Greater Sunrise special regime area, where Australia and Timor-Leste jointly exercise sovereign rights.
The bill also gives domestic effect to a two-tiered administrative structure for joint petroleum development, including a Designated Authority and a Governance Board.
- Amends the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 to define the Greater Sunrise special regime area.
- Establishes a two-tiered governance structure for joint petroleum development in the Special Regime Area.
- Provides for the cessation of the special regime area when the Greater Sunrise Special Regime ends.
Australia and Timor-Leste, and entities involved in petroleum activities in the Timor Sea.
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