Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Act 2007 (Repealed)

SCHEDULE 1 - AMENDMENTS  

Part 1 - General  

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006  

1   Section 3  
Omit:

• Generally, the administration of this Act in relation to an offshore area of a State or the Northern Territory is divided between:

(a) the Joint Authority for the State or Territory (the Joint Authority is constituted by the responsible State/Territory Minister and the responsible Commonwealth Minister); and

(b) the Designated Authority of the State or Territory (the Designated Authority is the responsible State/Territory Minister).

substitute:

• Generally, the administration of this Act in relation to an offshore area of a State is divided between:

(a) the Joint Authority for the State (the Joint Authority is constituted by the responsible State Minister and the responsible Commonwealth Minister); and

(b) the Designated Authority for the State (the Designated Authority is the responsible State Minister).

• Generally, the administration of this Act in relation to the Principal Northern Territory offshore area is divided between:

(a) the Joint Authority for that area (the Joint Authority is constituted by the responsible Northern Territory Minister and the responsible Commonwealth Minister); and

(b) the Designated Authority for that area (the Designated Authority is the responsible Northern Territory Minister).