Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 779

  (1)   A provision of this Act that requires the responsible Commonwealth Minister or the Joint Authority to have regard to the public interest in making a particular decision does not, by implication, prevent:

  (a)   the responsible Commonwealth Minister; or

  (b)   the Joint Authority; or

  (c)   the Titles Administrator; or

  (d)   NOPSEMA;

from having regard to the public interest when making any other decision under this Act.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) is enacted for the avoidance of doubt.