Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Significant Incident Directions) Bill 2011

Type: Government
Portfolio: Resources and Energy
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43

Summary

Amends the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to enable the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority to issue a direction to require a petroleum titleholder to remediate the effects of a significant offshore petroleum incident within a title area that has caused, or may cause, an escape of petroleum.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	21 Sep 2011
Second reading moved	21 Sep 2011
Referred to Main Committee	21 Nov 2011
Second reading debate	22 Nov 2011
Second reading agreed to	22 Nov 2011
Reported from Main Committee	23 Nov 2011
Third reading agreed to	23 Nov 2011

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	07 Feb 2012
Second reading moved	07 Feb 2012
Second reading debate	09 Feb 2012
Second reading agreed to	09 Feb 2012
Third reading agreed to	09 Feb 2012


Text of bill as passed both Houses	09 Feb 2012
Assent Act no.: 2 Year: 2012	06 Mar 2012

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Notes

Referred to Committee (22/09/2011): House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts; Committee report (21/11/2011)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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