Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of subsection 687(3) of the OPGGS Act:
(a) levy imposed in respect of a year on a safety case in force in relation to a facility of a kind mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table becomes payable in accordance with column 2 of the item; and
(b) NOPSEMA must give a written notice of the amount of levy that has become payable to the operator of the facility or the licensee of the pipeline licence (as applicable) in accordance with column 3 of the item; and
(c) the amount of levy becomes due and payable in accordance with column 4 of the item.
When levy becomes due and payable | ||||
Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| Kind of facility | When levy becomes payable | When NOPSEMA to give written notice of amount of levy that is payable | When levy becomes due and payable |
1 | Facility (other than a pipeline subject to a pipeline licence) located or proposed to be located in designated coastal waters | Levy becomes payable in instalments either: (a) if the safety case is in force in relation to a facility at the start of the year--at the end of each quarter in the year; and (b) otherwise--at the end of the first quarter in the year in which the safety case is in force in relation to a facility, and at the end of each subsequent quarter in the year | Within 30 days after the end of each quarter mentioned in column 2 | By the end of the period of 30 days after a notice mentioned in column 3 is given |
2 | Facility that is a pipeline subject to a pipeline licence located or proposed to be located in designated coastal waters | Levy becomes payable: (a) if only one acceptance event occurs in respect of the safety case during the year--on the day the acceptance event occurs; or (b) otherwise--in instalments on each day during the year that an acceptance event occurs in respect of the safety case | Within 30 days after the end of the day, or after the end of each day, mentioned in column 2 | By the end of the period of 30 days after a notice mentioned in column 3 is given |
(2) If NOPSEMA fails to give a written notice to the operator or licensee in accordance with column 3 of an item of the table, the validity of any subsequent notice is not affected by the failure.