Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe 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.