Petroleum Regulations

1 Commencement ......................................................................... 1

2 Citation ...................................................................................... 1

3 Prescribed fees and amounts ...................................................... 1

4 Rent increase to cover GST ........................................................ 1

5 Datums: application of Petroleum (Datum) Regulations 2002 of the Commonwealth ................................................................. 2 Schedule Fees and amounts ENDNOTES NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA ____________________ As in force at 1 July 2013 ____________________ PETROLEUM REGULATIONS Regulations under the Petroleum Act

1 Commencement These Regulations shall come into operation on the commencement of the Petroleum Amendment Act 1994.

2 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Petroleum Regulations.

3 Prescribed fees and amounts The prescribed fee or amount under those sections of the Act specified in Column 1 of the Schedule for or in respect of a matter described opposite in Column 2 is the amount shown opposite in Column 3.

4 Rent increase to cover GST (1) If an annual rent prescribed by these Regulations for a permit or licence mentioned in section 26, 39 or 53 of the Act is payable in respect of a period any of which is after 30 June 2000, the amount of the rent payable in respect of the period after 30 June 2000 is increased by the amount of the GST component. (2) Despite that rent in respect of a period after 30 June 2000 may have been paid, the additional amount of the GST component may be separately charged and is payable by the permittee or licensee within 1 month after the date the charge is made. (3) The GST component of rent in respect of a period after

30 June 2000 is to be calculated in accordance with the formula: GST component = (AR/10) x (GST period/366) where: AR is the relevant annual rent prescribed; and GST period is the number of days that are in the period after

30 June 2000. (4) In this regulation GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.

5 Datums: application of Petroleum (Datum) Regulations 2002 of the Commonwealth (1) In this regulation: Commonwealth Regulations means the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Datum) Regulations 2002 of the Commonwealth as in force from time to time other than regulation 5(4) of those Regulations or a regulation (if any) as in force from time to time after the commencement of the Petroleum Amendment Act 2003 that re-enacts, whether with or without modification, that regulation. (2) The Commonwealth Regulations are incorporated as part of these Regulations and, subject to subregulation (3), apply as a law of the Territory as part of these Regulations. (3) The Commonwealth Regulations apply and have force in the Territory as if: (a) an expression in the Commonwealth Regulations that is the same as an expression defined in the Act has the same meaning as in the Act; (b) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to a provision of the Petroleum Act 1967 of the Commonwealth is a reference to the corresponding provision of the Act; (c) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to the Designated Authority is a reference to the Minister; (d) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to a title is a reference to a petroleum interest or to a permit or lease granted or renewed under the repealed Act; (e) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to a permit is a reference to an exploration permit; (f) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to a permit area is a reference to an exploration permit area; (g) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to a lease is a reference to a lease granted or renewed under the repealed Act; Petroleum Regulations 2 (h) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to a lease area is a reference to the area in respect of which a lease was granted or renewed under the repealed Act; and (i) a reference in the Commonwealth Regulations to the area in respect of which an access authority is in force is a reference to an access authority area. Petroleum Regulations 3 Schedule Fees and amounts Schedule Fees and amounts regulation 3 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Section Description Revenue units

16 Application for permit 4 592

23 Application for renewal of permit 1 809

26 Rent payable in relation to an exploration 80 permit per block per annum

28 Variation, suspension or waiver of condition of 761 exploration permit

32 Application for retention licence 3 450

37 Application for renewal of retention licence 1 809

39 Rent payable in relation to a retention licence 9 415 per block per annum

41 Variation, suspension or waiver of conditions of 761 retention licence

45 Application for production licence 2 285

51 Application for renewal of production licence 2 285

53 Rent payable in relation to a production licence 11 500 per block or part of a block per annum

55 Variation, suspension or waiver of conditions of 761 production licence

57A Application for access authority 761 61(2) Making available information contained in or 57 accompanying application 73(1) Application to surrender of all or part of permit 761 area 73(1A) Application to surrender all or part of licence 761 area 93A(1) Entry in Register of memorial of transfer 1 142 94(2) Entry in Register of name of applicant as 57 permittee or licensee 96(7) Entry in Register of approval of instrument 666

100 Inspection of Register and instruments 19 Petroleum Regulations 4 Schedule Fees and amounts 102(2) Copy of or extract from Register or instrument 6 (per page) 102(3) Certificate issued by Registrar 33 Petroleum Regulations 5 ENDNOTES ENDNOTES

1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced

2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Petroleum Regulations (SL No. 32, 1994) Notified 30 September 1994 Commenced 30 September 1994 (r 1, s 2 Petroleum Amendment Act 1994 (Act No. 49, 1994) and Gaz S51, 30 September 1994) Amendment of Petroleum Regulations (SL No. 35, 2000) Notified 30 June 2000 Commenced 30 June 2000 Amendments of Petroleum Regulations (SL No. 31, 2003) Notified 4 June 2003 Commenced 2 July 2003 (r 1, s 2 Petroleum Amendment Act 2003 (Act No. 14, 2003) and Gaz G26, 2 July 2003, p 2) Fees and Charges Amendment Regulations 2009 (SL No. 34, 2009) Notified 14 December 2009 Commenced 1 January 2010 (r 2) Petroleum Amendment (Fees) Regulations (SL No. 13, 2013) Notified 29 May 2013 Commenced 1 July 2013 (r 2)

3 LIST OF AMENDMENTS r4 ins No. 35, 2000 amd No. 13, 2013, r 4 r5 ins No. 31, 2003, r 2 sch amd No. 34, 2009, r 19 sub No. 13, 2013, r 5 Petroleum Regulations 6