Second Reading Speeches

Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

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

Part of a package of three bills, the bill makes consequential amendments to 12 Acts, retrospectively, to give effect to certain Articles of the Timor Sea Treaty in relation to criminal jurisdiction, customs, employment regulation, migration, quarantine, income tax and fringe benefits tax. Also repeals the

Petroleum (Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation) Act 1990
and contains application, saving and transitional provisions.

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