Second Reading Speeches

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment Bill 2016

Type
Government
Portfolio
Industry, Innovation and Science
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
to validate past Joint Authority decisions to grant renewals, or extensions of the term of ‘prior usage rights’ petroleum titles, where the consent of the Minister for the Environment was not sought.

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