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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 78

Simplified outline

    The following is a simplified outline of this Part:

  The general body of laws in force in a State or Territory applies, as laws of the Commonwealth, to:

  (a)   petroleum exploration, exploitation and conveyance activities in the offshore area of that State or Territory; and

  (b)   greenhouse gas injection and storage activities in the offshore area of that State or Territory.

  However, prescribed State or Northern Territory occupational health and safety laws do not apply, as laws of the Commonwealth, in relation to a facility located in the offshore area of that State or the Northern Territory.



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