LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 2000
The APPEA Journal
41(2) 73 - 79
Published: 2001
Abstract
This paper briefly describes a number of legal developments in 2000 which may be of significance to participants in the petroleum exploration and production industry.There has been a number of varied legal developments in this field during the past year, and this paper is not an exhaustive account of all of them. Instead, an attempt has been made to provide an overview of selected developments during 2000 which are noteworthy. With this mind, this paper deals with the following matters:
prospective East Timorese independence and the Timor Gap Treaty (focussing on practical arrangements);
changes to the work program bidding system;
commencement of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Legislation Amendment Act No 1 2000 (Cth);
review of federal and state petroleum (submerged lands) legislation against competition policy principles;
commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth);
reform of petroleum legislation in South Australia and Queensland; and
greenhouse reforms.
In respect of the matters noted above, we have attempted to outline the implications for participants in the petroleum exploration and production industry.
https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ00054
© CSIRO 2001
