Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
Yes
Draft Year: 
2017
Effective Start Year: 
2018
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Act
Economic Sector: 
Energy
Energy Types: 
Oil, Gas
Issued by: 
National Parliament
Overall Summary: 
The Oil and Gas (2018 Budget)(Amendment) Act 2017 amends the Oil and Gas Act 1998. In particular, amended Section 159 (Royalty).
Governance
National policy structure: 
Section 159 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (4) and replacing it with the following: (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Income Tax Act 1959, where, in a financial year, in relation to the same licence area, a person has paid - (a) royalty under this section; and (b) development levy under Section 160, the royalty paid by that person under this section shall be an allowable deduction from its assessable income from petroleum operations derived from the petroleum project to which the royalties relates.