Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 121
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Act 2003.
Dated 3 June 2010
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
MARTIN FERGUSON
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.
3 Amendment of Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Regulations 2004
Schedule 1 amends the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Regulations 2004.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(regulation 3)
[1] Regulation 36
substitute
36 Fee for assessing safety case
(1) For section 685 of the OPGGS Act, a fee is payable to the Safety Authority by the operator of a proposed facility if the Safety Authority assesses a safety case submitted to it by the operator.
(2) The amount or rate of the fee is an amount or rate determined by the CEO and must not exceed the total of the expenses incurred by the Safety Authority for the purposes of assessing the safety case.
(3) The fee is payable at the time or times agreed in writing between the CEO and the operator.
(4) In this regulation:
proposed facility means a proposed facility (within the meaning of clause 3 of Schedule 3 to the OPGGS Act or the applicable State or Territory safety law) that is:
(a) proposed to be or is being constructed at a place outside Safety Authority waters; and
(b) proposed to be installed and operated at a site in Commonwealth waters or in the designated coastal waters of a State or the Northern Territory.
safety case means:
(a) a safety case submitted under regulation 2.24 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009; or
(b) a safety case (or equivalent) that:
(i) is submitted under the applicable State or Territory safety law; and
(ii) substantially corresponds to regulation 2.24 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009.
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.