Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019 (57 of 2019)

Schedule 1   Provisions commencing when new treaty comes into force

Part 18   Amendment of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

Division 2   Transitional provisions

131   Alteration of permit areas and licence areas to reflect new continental shelf boundary

Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-523-P permit area

 

(1) On and after the commencement of this subitem, the blocks the subject of Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-523-P, granted under Part 2.2 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 on 27 May 2016, are those constituted by the graticular sections that:

(a) are shown on map sheet SC52 (Melville Island) in the 1:1,000,000 series prepared and published for the purposes of that Act; and

(b) are referred to in the following table by reference to the number shown on that map sheet.

Note 1: Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-523-P covers some blocks in the offshore area of Western Australia.

Note 2: This subitem is to reflect the changes to the offshore area of Western Australia resulting from the changes to the scheduled area for Western Australia made by the amendment of clause 5 of Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 by this Part. That amendment is to give effect to the changes in the boundary of the continental shelf resulting from the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Note 3: Paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Annex D to the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty provides for the security of title and any other rights held by the holder of Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-523-P before the commencement of this item to be preserved through equivalent conditions determined by agreement between the parties to the treaty and the holder of the permit.

      

(2) To avoid doubt, the alteration of the permit area of Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-523-P by subitem (1) does not otherwise affect:

(a) the continuity of the permit; or

(b) the operation of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 or the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003, or regulations or other instruments (except the permit) made for the purposes of either of those Acts, in relation to the permit.

Petroleum Production Licence WA-18-L

      

(3) To avoid doubt, the alteration of the licence area of Petroleum Production Licence WA-18-L, granted on 13 May 1999 under Division 3 of Part III of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967, occurring under paragraph 33(3)(b) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 as a result of the amendment of clause 5 of Schedule 1 to that Act by this Part does not otherwise affect:

(a) the continuity of the licence; or

(b) the operation of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 or the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003, or regulations or other instruments (except the licence) made for the purposes of either of those Acts, in relation to the licence.

Note 1: Petroleum Production Licence WA-18-L covers a block that is in the offshore area of Western Australia and whose boundary changes because of the changes in the boundary of the continental shelf resulting from the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Note 2: That amendment is to give effect to the changes in the boundary of the continental shelf resulting from the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Petroleum Production Licence AC/L5

      

(4) To avoid doubt, the alteration of the licence area of Petroleum Production Licence AC/L5, granted on 2 January 2018 under Part 2.4 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, occurring under paragraph 33(3)(b) of that Act as a result of the amendment of clause 8 of Schedule 1 to that Act by this Part does not otherwise affect:

(a) the continuity of the licence; or

(b) the operation of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 or the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003, or regulations or other instruments (except the licence) made for the purposes of either of those Acts, in relation to the licence.

Note 1: Petroleum Production Licence AC/L5 covers 2 blocks that are in the offshore area of the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands and whose boundaries change because of the changes in the boundary of the continental shelf resulting from the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Note 2: That amendment is to give effect to the changes in the boundary of the continental shelf resulting from the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Gazettal not required

      

(5) Section 708 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 does not require the Titles Administrator to cause notice to be published in the Gazette of an event that occurs because of this item or is described in this item.

      

(6) Subitem (5) has effect despite subitems (2), (3) and (4).