PETROLEUM AMENDMENT BILL 2016

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Petroleum Amendment Bill 2016
Mr Tollner

A Bill for an Act to amend the Petroleum Act

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

PETROLEUM AMENDMENT ACT 2016

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Act No. [ ] of 2016

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Table of provisions

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2016

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An Act to amend the Petroleum Act

[Assented to [ ] 2016]

[Second reading [ ] 2016]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Amendment Act 2016.

2 Act amended

This Act amends the Petroleum Act.

3 Section 118 amended

After section 118(2)

insert

(3) In regulations prescribing matters for the protection of the environment, as mentioned in subsection (2)(p), the Administrator may provide for:

(a) functions to be performed, and powers to be exercised, by the Minister; and

(b) the way in which the Minister may perform a function or exercise a power, including the way in which the Minister may exercise a discretion.

4 Expiry of Act

This Act expires on the day after it commences.