{"id":"C2004L05760","name":"Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence Fees) Regulations","slug":"petroleum-submerged-lands-production-licence-fees-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"56 of 1990","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27943,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05760-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence Fees) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1990 No. 561\n\n––––––––––––\n\nPetroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence Fees) Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence Fees) Act 1967.\n\nDated 19 February 1990.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nPETER COOK\n\nMinister of State for Resources\n\n–––––––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence Fees) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2\\. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“the Act” means the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Production Licence Fees) Act 1967.\n\nLicence fees—subsection 4 (1) of the Act\n\n3\\. For the purposes of subsection 4(1) of the Act, the fee payable is $18,000 for each block to which the licence relates at the commencement of the year.\n\n  \nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 February 1990.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1668},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: setting the specific fee amount for production licences under the 1967 Act. It has not expanded into administration, enforcement, or other substantive areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections total","Single defined term ('the Act')","Single operative provision containing only a flat dollar amount","No conditional logic, exceptions, or triggers","No internal cross-references or scheduling"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the price tag for offshore oil and gas production licences. **What it does**: It fixes the annual fee at **$18,000 per \"block\"** (a specific area of seabed) covered by the licence. **Who it affects**: Oil and gas companies holding production licences to extract petroleum from Australia's offshore waters (submerged lands). **Why it matters**: This is the base rent companies pay the government each year just to keep their drilling rights—separate from taxes or royalties on what they actually produce. The fee is due at the start of each licence year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/petroleum-submerged-lands-production-licence-fees-regulations","history":"/api/acts/petroleum-submerged-lands-production-licence-fees-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/petroleum-submerged-lands-production-licence-fees-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/petroleum-submerged-lands-production-licence-fees-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/petroleum-submerged-lands-production-licence-fees-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/petroleum-submerged-lands-production-licence-fees-regulations/documents"}}