Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Act 2014 (WA)

Western Australia Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Act 2014 Western Australia Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Act 2014 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 Part 2 — Petroleum titles in Scott Reef area 4. Expansion of lease R2 1 5. Expansion of lease TR/5 1 6. New exploration permit under Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 1 Part 3 — Petroleum titles in Seringapatam Reef area 7. New exploration permit under Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 1 8. New exploration permit under Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 and subsequent expansion 1 Part 4 — Transitional matters 9. Locations 1 10. Registers 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Uncommenced provisions table 1 Defined terms Western Australia Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Act 2014 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:

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Short title This is the Petroleum Titles (Browse Basin) Act 2014.

2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. Terms used In this Act — adjacent area has the meaning given in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 5; adjacent area block means — (a) a WA‑30‑R adjacent area block; or (b) a WA‑315‑P adjacent area block; or (c) the WA‑398‑P adjacent area block; commencement day means the day on which this Act comes into operation; Commonwealth Act means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Commonwealth); Commonwealth register means a register kept under the Commonwealth Act section 469; inshore block means — (a) a TR/5 inshore block; or (b) a WA‑30‑R inshore block; or (c) a WA‑315‑P inshore block; lease TR/5 means the retention lease of that designation in force under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 Part III; lease R2 means the petroleum retention lease of that designation in force under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 Part III; lease WA‑30‑R means the petroleum retention lease of that designation in force under the Commonwealth Act Part 2.3; permit WA‑315‑P means the petroleum exploration permit of that designation in force under the Commonwealth Act Part 2.2; permit WA‑398‑P means the petroleum exploration permit of that designation in force under the Commonwealth Act Part 2.2; PGERA Minister means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967; PGERA register means the register kept under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 70; PSLA Minister means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982; PSLA register means the register kept under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 75; relevant renewal day means — (a) in relation to an adjacent area block — (i) if the block is a WA‑30‑R adjacent area block — WA‑30‑R renewal day; or (ii) if the block is a WA‑315‑P adjacent area block — WA‑315‑P renewal day; or (iii) if the block is the WA‑398‑P adjacent area block — WA‑398‑P renewal day; or (b) in relation to an inshore block — (i) if the block is a TR/5 inshore block — TR/5 renewal day; or (ii) if the block is a WA‑30‑R inshore block — WA‑30‑R renewal day; or (iii) if the block is a WA‑315‑P inshore block — WA‑315‑P renewal day; TR/5 inshore block means a block as defined in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 5(1) that, immediately before TR/5 renewal day, is purportedly the subject of lease TR/5; TR/5 renewal day means the day on which lease TR/5 is first renewed under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 after commencement day; WA‑30‑R adjacent area block means a block as defined in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 4 that, immediately before WA‑30‑R renewal day, is the subject of lease WA‑30‑R; WA‑30‑R inshore block means a block as defined in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 5(1) that, immediately before WA‑30‑R renewal day, is purportedly the subject of lease WA‑30‑R; WA‑30‑R renewal day means the day on which lease WA‑30‑R is first renewed under the Commonwealth Act after commencement day; WA‑315‑P adjacent area block means a block as defined in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 4 that, immediately before WA‑315‑P renewal day, is the subject of permit WA‑315‑P; WA‑315‑P inshore block means a block as defined in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 section 5(1) that, immediately before WA‑315‑P renewal day, is purportedly the subject of lease WA‑315‑P; WA‑315‑P renewal day means the day on which permit WA‑315‑P is first renewed under the Commonwealth Act after commencement day; WA‑398‑P adjacent area block means the block as defined in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 4 that, immediately before WA‑398‑P renewal day, is the subject of permit WA‑398‑P; WA‑398‑P renewal day means the day on which permit WA‑398‑P is first renewed under the Commonwealth Act after commencement day.