Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1) (Cth)

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 232

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.

Dated 20 February 2003

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN MACFARLANE

Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 March 2003.

3Amendment of Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Regulations 1985

Schedule 1 amends the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Regulations 1985.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Regulation 6

omit

$12.

insert

$16.

[2]Subregulation 7 (1)

omit

$2

insert

$3

[3]Subregulation 7 (2)

omit

$30.

insert

$39.

[4]Regulation 8

omit

[5]Paragraphs 9 (1) (a) and (b) and (2) (a) and (b)

omit

$25

insert

$33

[6]After regulation 9

insert

10Fees — sections 150D, 150F and 150G of the Act

1. (1)

   For subsections 150D (4) and 150F (3) and section 150G of the Act, the fee payable for documentary information made available to a person is an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts:

   1. (a)

      if the document containing the information is lent to the person — an amount calculated at the rate of $33 per day or part of a day during which the document is on loan to the person;

   2. (b)

      if the document containing the information is not readily available and a search is necessary to locate the document — an amount calculated at the rate of $33 per hour or part of an hour after the first half hour for the time taken to locate the document;

   3. (c)

      if a document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is, on the application of the person making the request, copied or sent to the person — an amount equal to all costs incurred in the copying or sending, including the costs of packaging (if any).

2. (2)

   For subsections 150D (4) and 150F (3) of the Act, the fee payable by a person for inspecting a petroleum mining sample is an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts:

   1. (a)

      if the sample is lent to the person — an amount calculated at the rate of $33 per day or part of a day during which the sample is on loan to the person;

   2. (b)

      if the sample is not readily available and a search is necessary to locate the sample — an amount calculated at the rate of $33 per hour or part of an hour after the first half hour for the time taken to locate the sample;

   3. (c)

      if the sample is, on the application of the person, sent to the person — an amount equal to all costs incurred in the sending, including the costs of packaging (if any).

[7]Schedule 2

substitute

Schedule 2Prescribed fees

(regulation 5)

Item	Subsection or paragraph	Fee ($)
1	Paragraph 21 (1) (f)	3 900
2	Paragraph 22A (5) (h)	1 560
3	Paragraph 24 (1) (a)	3 900
4	Paragraph 30 (2) (c)	1 560
5	Paragraph 38A (2) (e)	1 560
6	Paragraph 38BB (2) (e)	1 560
7	Paragraph 38F (2) (d)	1 560
8	Paragraph 41 (1) (e)	1 560
9	Paragraph 48 (1) (a)	3 900
10	Paragraph 51 (2) (e)	780
11	Paragraph 54 (2) (d)	1 560
12	Paragraph 59B (2) (d)	1 560
13	Paragraph 64 (1) (f)	3 900
14	Paragraph 71 (2) (e)	780
15	Subsection 79 (2)	78
16	Paragraph 79 (3) (b)	78
17	Paragraph 111 (2) (d)	780

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1985 No. 174, as amended by 1987 No. 293; 1990 No. 54; 2000 No. 248; 2001 No. 346.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette