Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:clause:6_9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 9
Character Range: 2408693–2410162

9  Joint Authority
 (1) A Joint Authority for an offshore area under this Act (other than the Joint Authority for the Principal Northern Territory offshore area or the Joint Authority for the Eastern Greater Sunrise offshore area) is, for all purposes, a continuation of the Joint Authority for the corresponding adjacent area under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.
 (1A) The Joint Authority for the Principal Northern Territory offshore area under this Act is, for all purposes, a continuation of the Joint Authority in respect of the Principal Northern Territory PSL area under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.
 (1B) The Joint Authority for the Eastern Greater Sunrise offshore area under this Act is, for all purposes, a continuation of the Joint Authority in respect of the Eastern Greater Sunrise area under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.
 (2) Despite the repeal of subsections 8D(4) and (5) of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967, those subsections continue to apply, in relation to a record or document signed before the commencement of this clause, as if that repeal had not happened.
Note 1: Subsection 8D(4) of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 deals with the evidentiary effect of signed records of the decisions of a Joint Authority.
Note 2: Subsection 8D(5) of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 deals with the legal effect of documents signed, on behalf of the Joint Authority, by the Designated Authority.