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 The title to the Principal Act is repealed and the following title substituted: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.”.