Bill
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Regulations References) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Industry, Innovation and Science portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Industry, Innovation and Science
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-12-05
- second reading — 2018-12-05
- 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 2018-12-05.
This bill would update references to offshore petroleum regulations in the Levies Act so they stay valid when those regulations are remade after expiring.
It would remove specific regulation titles from the Levies Act and instead let those references be set by new regulations under that Act.
The change would prevent the Levies Act from needing amendment each time the underlying regulations sunset and are remade with different names or numbering.
- Removes specific references to regulation titles from the Levies Act.
- Allows references to regulation titles or provisions to be prescribed by regulations under the Levies Act.
- Avoids the need to amend the Levies Act when regulations sunset and are remade.
The offshore petroleum industry regulator NOPSEMA and entities liable for levies under the Levies Act.
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