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

Schedule 1   Provisions commencing when new treaty comes into force

Part 8   Amendment of the Customs Act 1901

Customs Act 1901

46   Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty means the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea done at New York on 6 March 2018, as in force from time to time.

Note: The Treaty could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Timor Sea petroleum activities purpose , in relation to goods, means the purpose of the goods being:

(a) taken to a resources installation that is attached to the seabed:

(i) in the Greater Sunrise special regime area; or

(ii) in the Greater Sunrise pipeline international offshore area within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; or

(iii) above the Bayu-Undan Gas Field within the meaning of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty; or

(iv) in the Bayu-Undan pipeline international offshore area within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; or

(v) above the Kitan Oil Field within the meaning of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty; and

(b) used at the resources installation for a purpose related to Petroleum Activities within the meaning of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty.