Petroleum
(Submerged Lands) (Exploration Permit Fees) Amendment Act 1980
No. 83 of 1980
An
Act to amend the Petroleum (Submerged
Lands) (Exploration Permit Fees) Act 1967
[Assented to 29 May 1980]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Exploration Permit Fees) Amendment Act 1980.
(2) The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Exploration Permit Fees) Act 1967 is
in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Title
3. The title to the
Principal Act is repealed and the following title substituted:
“An Act to provide for the payment
of fees in respect of permits under the Petroleum
(Submerged Lands) Act 1967 to prospect for petroleum in submerged lands”.
Permit
fees
4. (1) Section 4 of the
Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) “One hundred dollars” and
substituting “$300”; and
(b)
by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) “Five dollars” and
substituting “$15”.
(2) The amendments made by
this section do not apply in respect of a year of the term of a permit that
commenced before the date of commencement of this Act.
Fees
and penalties debts due to the Commonwealth
5. Section 6 of the
Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following
sub-section:
“(2) Fees and other amounts
referred to in sub-section (1) received by the Designated Authority shall be received
by him on behalf of the Commonwealth.”.