{"id":"C1967A00124","name":"Petroleum (Ashmore and Cartier Islands) Act 1967","slug":"petroleum-ashmore-and-cartier-islands-act-1967","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"124 of 1967","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5366,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1967A00124-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Petroleum (Ashmore and Cartier Islands) Act 1967","content":"Petroleum (Ashmore and Cartier Islands)\n\nNo. 124 of 1967\n\nAn Act relating to the Exploration for, and the Exploitation of, the Petroleum Resources of the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands.\n\n\\[Assented to 22 November 1967\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Petroleum (Ashmore and Cartier Islands) Act 1967.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\nApplication of Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act.\n\n3.—(1.) The Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967, and any Act with which that Act is incorporated, have effect in relation to the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands as though the adjacent area in relation to that Territory included the area, whether land or water, within the terri­torial limits of that Territory and as though the land within those limits were beneath the sea and were portion of the sea-bed and subsoil of that adjacent area.\n\n(2.) The reference in section 88 of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 to “the Supreme Court” shall, in relation to an application for the rectification of the Register kept by the Designated Authority who is the Designated Authority in respect of the area specified in the Second Schedule to that Act as being adjacent to the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, be read as a reference to the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1349},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains narrowly focused on its original purpose of extending offshore petroleum laws to the Ashmore and Cartier Islands territory."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Acts as a 'conduit' to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 rather than creating substantive rules itself","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single procedural modification regarding court jurisdiction"],"plain_english_summary":"This law allows petroleum (oil and gas) exploration and mining in the Ashmore and Cartier Islands territory by applying Australia's offshore petroleum laws to these remote islands.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Takes the existing rules from the *Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967* (which normally governs offshore oil and gas) and applies them to the Ashmore and Cartier Islands.\n- Treats the islands as if they were underwater seabed for the purposes of petroleum licensing and regulation.\n- Specifies that if there's a legal dispute about the petroleum titles register, the **Supreme Court of the Northern Territory** (not a federal court) handles it.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nAshmore and Cartier Islands are remote Australian territories near Indonesia. This Act ensures that any oil or gas discoveries there can be developed under the same licensing system used for Australia's offshore petroleum industry, avoiding the need for a completely separate set of rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/petroleum-ashmore-and-cartier-islands-act-1967","history":"/api/acts/petroleum-ashmore-and-cartier-islands-act-1967/history","analysis":"/api/acts/petroleum-ashmore-and-cartier-islands-act-1967/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/petroleum-ashmore-and-cartier-islands-act-1967/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/petroleum-ashmore-and-cartier-islands-act-1967/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/petroleum-ashmore-and-cartier-islands-act-1967/documents"}}