PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2015.

No. 64	of    2015.

Certified on: 23/11/2016

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1.     Interpretation (Amendment of Section 3).
2.     Repeal of Section 4.
3.     Regulations (Amendment of Section 182).

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Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed.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.

I hereby certify that the Oil and Gas (Amendment) Act 2015 was made by the National Parliament on 3 June, 2015.

Speaker of the National Parliament.