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Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) Act 2003
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(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
> JPDA means the Joint Petroleum Development Area established in Article 3 of the Treaty.
> Treaty means the Timor Sea Treaty between Australia and East Timor done at Dili on 20 May 2002, as in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019.
> Note: The Timor Sea Treaty is in Australian Treaty Series 2003 No. 13 (\[2003\] ATS 13) and could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or an expression that is defined in the Treaty has, when used in this Act, the same meaning as in the Treaty.