No. 61 of 2015.
Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2015.
Certified on: 23 NOV 2016
No. 51 of 2015.
Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2015.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 3).
2. Repeal of Section 4.
3. Regulations (Amendment of Section 182).
No. of 2015.
AN ACT
entitled
Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2015,
Being an Act to amend the Oil and Gas Act 1998,
MADE by the National Parliament.
1. INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3).
Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the definition of "offshore area" and replacing it with the following new definition:
offshore area" means the area that comprises the seabed underlying any of the waters of Papua New Guinea, other than internal waters;".
2. REPEAL OF SECTION 4.
Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed.
3. REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 182).
Section 182 of the Principal Act is amended by adding after Subsection (2), the following new subsection:
"(3) Regulations made under this section apply to activities and operations in the waters of Papua New Guinea as they apply on land, to the extent possible".
I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2015 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Acting Clerk of the National Parliament.
23 NOV 2016
Oil and Gas (Aænendntent)
I hereby certify that the Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2015 was mad by the National Parliament on 3 June, 2015.
Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.
23 NOV 2016