Bill
Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Resources and Northern Australia portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Resources and Northern Australia
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 amends Commonwealth laws to partially implement a treaty establishing permanent maritime boundaries and a joint petroleum development regime between Australia and Timor-Leste.
It would amend the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 to define a Greater Sunrise special regime area where Australia exercises sovereign rights jointly with Timor-Leste.
The bill gives domestic effect to a two-tiered administrative structure with a Designated Authority and a Governance Board to oversee petroleum activities in the special regime area.
- Amends Commonwealth legislation to reflect new permanent maritime boundaries and the transfer of certain oil and gas fields to Timorese jurisdiction.
- Establishes the Greater Sunrise special regime area in Australian law.
- Provides for the Designated Authority, Governance Board, and Dispute Resolution Committee to exercise Australia's rights under the treaty.
- Amends the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 to provide for 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 Greater Sunrise fields.
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