Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline Licence Fees) Act 1967 (Cth)

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 93 of 1994]
(#DATE 31:08:1992)

- Reprinted as at 31 August 1992

*1* The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline Licence Fees) Act 1967 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 122, 1967 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act Date Date of Application
Number and of Assent Commencement saving or
year transitional
provisions
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline Licence Fees) Act
1967
122, 1967 22 Nov 1967 22 Nov 1967
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline Licence Fees)
Amendment Act 1980
84, 1980 29 May 1980 14 Feb 1983 S. 4 (2)
(see Gazette 1983,
No. S29, p. 2)
Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No.
2) 1989
15, 1990 17 Jan 1990 S. 3: 1 Mar 1990
(see Gazette 1990,
No. S52) (a) -
(a) The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline Licence Fees) Act 1967 was amended by section 3 only of the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989, paragraph 2 (2) (c) of which provides as follows:
"(2) Subject to subsection (3), the amendments of:
(c) the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline Licence Fees) Act 1967;
made by this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation."
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
Title rs. No. 84, 1980
S. 4 am. No. 84, 1980; No. 15, 1990
S. 6 am. No. 84, 1980
S. 7 ad. No. 15, 1990

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 
TABLE

                       TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section

    1.    Short title

    2.    Commencement

    3.    Incorporation

    4.    Pipeline licence fees

    5.    Penalty for late payment

    6.    Fees and penalties debts due to the Commonwealth

    7.    Regulations

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - LONG TITLE 
SECT

         An Act to provide for the payment of fees in respect of

          licences under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act

             1967 to construct, maintain and operate pipelines

                     over or under submerged lands

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - SECT 1 
Short title 
SECT

  1. This Act may be cited as the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline
Licence Fees) Act 1967.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - SECT 2 
Commencement 
SECT

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - SECT 3 
Incorporation 
SECT

  3. The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 is incorporated and shall be
read as one with this Act.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - SECT 4 
Pipeline licence fees 
SECT

  4. (1) There is payable to the Designated Authority by a pipeline licensee,
in respect of each year of the term of the pipeline licence, a fee calculated
in accordance with the regulations.
  (2) A fee referred to in the last preceding subsection is payable within one
month after:

  (a) in the case of the first year of the term of the pipeline licence-the
day on which that term commenced; and

  (b) in the case of a year of the term of the pipeline licence other than the
first-the anniversary of that day.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - SECT 5 
Penalty for late payment 
SECT

  5. Where the liability of a pipeline licensee to pay a fee referred to in
the last preceding section is not discharged at or before the time when the
fee is payable, there is payable to the Designated Authority by the pipeline
licensee an additional amount calculated at the rate of one-third of one per
centum per day upon the amount of the fee from time to time remaining unpaid,
to be computed from the time when the fee became payable until it is paid.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - SECT 6 
Fees and penalties debts due to the Commonwealth 
SECT

  6. (1) A fee under section 4 of this Act, or an amount payable under the
last preceding section, is a debt due by the pipeline licensee to the
Commonwealth and is recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.
  (2) Fees and other amounts referred to in subsection (1) received by the
Designated Authority shall be received by him on behalf of the Commonwealth.

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINE LICENCE FEES) ACT 1967 - SECT 7 
Regulations 
SECT

  7. The Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of section 4.