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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2022-2023
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas
Storage Amendment (Domestic Reserve)
Bill 2023
No. , 2023
(Senator Hanson)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Offshore Petroleum
and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
, and for
related purposes
No. , 2023
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment
(Domestic Reserve) Bill 2023
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
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No. , 2023
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment
(Domestic Reserve) Bill 2023
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Offshore Petroleum
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and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
, and for
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related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage
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Amendment (Domestic Reserve) Act 2023
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment
(Domestic Reserve) Bill 2023
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
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1 Section 95 (after the paragraph beginning "A petroleum
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production licence")
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Insert:
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A licensee may be subject to certain conditions, including entering
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into a domestic reserve agreement with the Commonwealth.
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2 Section 159
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After:
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•
A petroleum production licence authorises the licensee to
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carry out petroleum recovery operations in the licence area.
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insert:
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• A petroleum production licence may be granted subject to
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certain conditions, including entering into a domestic reserve
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agreement with the Commonwealth.
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3 Section 162 (at the end of the heading)
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Add "
--general
".
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4 After section 162
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Insert:
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162A Conditions of petroleum production licences--domestic
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reserve
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(1) A petroleum production licence is subject to a condition for the
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duration of the period that the licence is in force that the licensee
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must enter into an agreement (a
domestic reserve agreement
) with
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Schedule 1
Amendments
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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment
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the Commonwealth by the end of the period of 12 months
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beginning on:
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(a) if the petroleum production licence is granted on or after
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1 January 2024--the day on which the licence is granted; or
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(b) if the petroleum production licence was granted before
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1 January 2024--the day this section commences.
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(2) A domestic reserve agreement must provide that for each year the
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agreement operates, the licensee reserves an amount of petroleum
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equivalent to 15% of the quantity of petroleum exported by the
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licensee in the previous year for the exclusive use of the
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Commonwealth.
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(3) The Commonwealth may transfer the rights to exclusive use to a
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State or Territory for a specified period during the operation of the
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agreement.
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(4) A domestic reserve agreement must operate for a minimum period
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of 10 years beginning on the day the agreement commences.
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(5) Despite subsection 162(2), the condition mentioned in
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subsection (1) does not need to be specified in the licence.
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(6) The regulations may prescribe any other matters necessary or
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convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this
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section.
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5 Application of amendments
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The amendments made by this Schedule to the
Offshore Petroleum and
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Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
apply to a petroleum production
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licence granted before, on or after the commencement of this item.
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