Bill
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-08-07. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-07-25
- second reading — 2019-07-25
- third reading — 2019-07-25
- introduced — 2019-07-29
- second reading — 2019-07-29
- second reading — 2019-07-29
- second reading — 2019-07-29
- third reading — 2019-07-29
- passed — 2019-07-29
- royal assent — 2019-08-07
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 2019-07-04.
This bill is part of a package that amends Commonwealth laws to partly implement the 2018 maritime boundaries treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste.
The bill amends the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 and the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 to establish the Greater Sunrise special regime area and a two-tiered governance structure for joint petroleum development.
The special regime will remain in force until the Greater Sunrise fields reach commercial depletion, and a second tranche of legislation is needed later in 2019 for remaining treaty provisions.
- Amends the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978.
- Establishes and defines the Greater Sunrise special regime area in Australian law.
- Gives domestic effect to treaty provisions on joint governance, environmental protection, vessels and criminal law.
- Sets up a Designated Authority, Governance Board and Dispute Resolution Committee to manage petroleum activities.
The Australian and Timor-Leste governments, petroleum operators in the Greater Sunrise fields, and passengers subject to the passenger movement charge.
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