Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 80, 1980 - SECT 6

6. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "adjacent area" and
substituting the following definition:



"'adjacent area' means an adjacent area in respect of a State or Territory
ascertained in accordance with section 5A and 'the adjacent area' means the
adjacent area in respect of the State or Territory concerned;";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "the continental
        shelf" and substituting the following definition:



"'the continental shelf' means the continental shelf, within the meaning of
the Convention, adjacent to the coast of Australia (including the coast of any
island forming part of a State or Territory) or of a Territory;";

   (c)  by inserting after the definition of "the Convention" in sub-section
        (1) the following definition:



"'the Commonwealth Minister' means the Minister for the time being
administering this Act, and includes another Minister for the time being
acting for and on behalf of that Minister;";

(d) by adding at the end of paragraph (a) of the definition of "the Designated
Authority" in sub-section (1) the following paragraph:



"(iii) the construction or operation of pipelines in an adjacent area; or";

   (e)  by inserting after the definition of "the Designated Authority" in
        sub-section (1) the following definition:



"'the Joint Authority', in relation to-

   (a)  an act, matter, circumstance or thing touching, concerning, arising
        out of or connected with-

        (i)    the exploration of the sea-bed or subsoil of an adjacent area,
               or of part of an adjacent area, for petroleum;

        (ii)   the exploitation of the natural resources, being petroleum, of
               that sea-bed or subsoil; or

        (iii)  the construction or operation of pipelines in an adjacent area;
               or

   (b)  petroleum recovered in an adjacent area, means the Joint Authority
        established by this Act in respect of that adjacent area;"; and

   (f)  by inserting after the definition of "the Royalty Act" in sub-section

(1) the following definitions:



"'the State Minister', in relation to a State, means the Minister of the State
who is for the time being authorized under the law of the State to perform the
functions of a Designated Authority under this Act;



"'the Northern Territory Minister' means the Minister of the Northern
Territory who is for the time being authorized under the law of the Northern
Territory to perform the functions of a Designated Authority under this Act;".