Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas
Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2014
Portfolio:
Industry
Introduced: House of
Representatives, 29 May 2014
1.1
The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies)
Amendment Bill 2014 seeks to amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas
Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003 to:
-
provide for the environment plan levy to be imposed on the
submission of an environment plan by an applicant for a petroleum access
authority, petroleum special prospecting authority, pipeline licence,
greenhouse gas special authority or greenhouse gas search authority; and
- ensure that the annual titles administration levy is imposed for
a year of the term of a title, even if the title does not remain in force for
the full year.
1.2
The bill is accompanied by a statement of compatibility which states
that the bills 'is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human
rights issues.'[1]
1.3
The committee considers that the bills do not appear to give rise
to human rights concerns.
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