Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00086:clause:2_95
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 95
Character Range: 20106–22907

95  Transitional—pre‑commencement events and circumstances
For the purposes of the application of:
 (a) the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987 (the PRRTA Act); or
 (b) an Act with which the PRRTA Act is incorporated;
to events that occurred, and circumstances that arose, before the commencement of this item:
 (c) each of the following definitions in section 2 of the PRRTA Act has effect as if the defined expression included anything that was covered by the definition as in force before the commencement of this item:
 (i) the definition of access authority;
 (ii) the definition of block;
 (iii) the definition of certifying Minister;
 (iv) the definition of designated frontier expenditure;
 (v) the definition of excluded fee;
 (vi) the definition of exploration permit;
 (vii) the definition of exploration permit area;
 (viii) the definition of holder of a registered interest;
 (ix) the definition of petroleum;
 (x) the definition of pipeline licence;
 (xi) the definition of production licence;
 (xii) the definition of production licence area;
 (xiii) the definition of registered holder;
 (xiv) the definition of retention lease;
 (xv) the definition of retention lease area; and
 (d) section 3 of the PRRTA Act has effect as if:
 (i) a reference in that section to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 included a reference to the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967; and
 (ii) the reference in that section to Division 3 of Part 1.2 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 included a reference to section 6A of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967; and
 (e) paragraph 34A(1)(a) of the PRRTA Act has effect as if the reference in that paragraph to subsection 258(7) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 included a reference to subsection 41(3) of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967; and
 (f) subsection 36B(1) of the PRRTA Act has effect as if the reference in that subsection to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 included a reference to the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967; and
 (g) the definition of potential exploration permit area in subsection 36B(6) of the PRRTA Act has effect as if the reference in that definition to Part 2.2 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 included a reference to Division 2 of Part III of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967; and
 (h) the definition of relevant pre‑commencement day in clause 1 of the Schedule to the PRRTA Act has effect as if a reference in that definition to subsection 258(7) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 included a reference to subsection 41(3) of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.