Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 650

States and the Northern Territory

  (1)   NOPSEMA may provide services, under a contract entered into by NOPSEMA, to:

  (a)   a State or the Northern Territory; or

  (b)   an agency or authority of a State or the Northern Territory;

where:

  (c)   the services relate to the regulation of:

  (i)   the exploration for petroleum; or

  (ii)   the recovery, processing, storage, offloading or piped conveyance of petroleum;

    on or in:

  (iii)   land, or waters (not being designated coastal waters), within the limits of the State or Territory; or

  (v)   the designated coastal waters of the State or Territory; and

  (d)   if the services are to be provided on land that is, or in waters that are, within the limits of the State or Territory:

  (i)   the services relate to the regulation of activities carried on by a constitutional corporation; or

  (ii)   the services relate to the regulation of vessels, structures or other things that are owned or controlled, or that are being constructed, operated or decommissioned, by a constitutional corporation; and

  (e)   the contract is approved in writing by the responsible Commonwealth Minister.

Foreign countries

  (3)   NOPSEMA may provide services, under a contract entered into by NOPSEMA, to:

  (a)   the government of a foreign country; or

  (b)   an agency or authority of a foreign country; or

  (c)   the government of part of a foreign country; or

  (d)   an agency or authority of part of a foreign country;

where:

  (e)   the services relate to the regulation of:

  (i)   the exploration for petroleum; or

  (ii)   the recovery, processing, storage, offloading or piped conveyance of petroleum;

    outside Australia; and

  (f)   the contract is approved in writing by the responsible Commonwealth Minister.

  (4)   Before giving an approval under paragraph   (3)(f), the responsible Commonwealth Minister must consult the Foreign Affairs Minister.

Provision of services not to impede other functions

  (5)   Subsections   (1) and (3) do not authorise NOPSEMA to provide a service if the provision of the service would:

  (a)   impede NOPSEMA's capacity to perform its other functions; or

  (b)   impede NOPSEMA's capacity to perform the functions of the Offshore Infrastructure Regulator.

Certain governance provision do not apply

  (6)   The following provisions:

  (a)   section   647;

  (b)   Division   3;

  (c)   section   667;

  (d)   Division   5;

  (e)   section   685;

  (f)   section   690;

  (g)   section   692;

  (h)   section   693;

  (i)   section   694;

do not apply in relation to a power conferred by subsection   (1) or (3) of this section.

  (6A)   The annual report prepared by the CEO and given to the Minister under section   46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period is not required to include information about a service provided under a contract mentioned in subsection   (1) or (3) of this section.

Definitions

  (7)   In this section:

"Foreign Affairs Minister" means the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 .

"regulation" includes investigation.