Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967. Pays/Territoire Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée Type du document Législation Date 1967 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006. Titre completAn Act relating to the Exploration for, and the Exploitation of, the Petroleum Resources, and certain other Resources, of the Continental Shelf of Australia and of certain Territories of the Commonwealth and of certain other Submerged Land. Sujet Ressources minérales Mot clé Exploitation minière Hydrocarbures Aire géographique Asie et Pacifique, Mélanésie, Océanie, Petits états insulaires en développement, Pacifique Sud Résumé This Act makes section 11 of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 of Australia applicable to Papua new Guinea. Other sections are included in the text so as to give an overview of section 11 and to allow the definition section to be used. Section 11 provides that, subject to provisions of the Act, the laws in force in a Territory, whether written or unwritten, and as in force from time to time, and any instrument made under any of those laws, apply in the adjacent area as defined in section 5. Such laws and instruments apply to and in relation to all acts, matters, circumstances and things touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration of the sea-bed or subsoil of the adjacent area for petroleum and the exploitation of the natural resources, being petroleum, of that sea-bed or subsoil, and not otherwise, and so apply as if that area were part of that Territory and, in the case of the Northern Territory of Australia, were part of the Commonwealth. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.paclii.org