Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of subsection 688C(1A) of the OPGGS Act, this section provides for the remittal or refund of environment plan levy imposed on the submission of an environment plan.
Withdrawal of environment plan before acceptance or refusal
(2) If an environment plan is withdrawn under a provision of a law of a State or Territory that substantially corresponds to subsection 37(1) of the Environment Regulations:
(a) NOPSEMA must remit each instalment of the total compliance amount for the submission of the plan that has not yet been paid; and
(b) the Commonwealth must refund each instalment of the total compliance amount for the submission of the plan that has been paid.
Refusal to accept environment plan
(3) If NOPSEMA refuses to accept an environment plan under a provision of a law of a State or Territory that substantially corresponds to section 33 of the Environment Regulations:
(a) NOPSEMA must remit each instalment of the total compliance amount for the submission that has not yet been paid; and
(b) the Commonwealth must refund each instalment of the total compliance amount for the submission that has been paid.
Environment plan superseded by revised plan
(4) NOPSEMA must remit an instalment of the total compliance amount for the submission of an environment plan relating to an activity if:
(a) NOPSEMA accepts a revised environment plan relating to the activity under a provision of a law of a State or Territory that substantially corresponds to section 33 of the Environment Regulations; and
(b) at the time the revised plan is accepted, the instalment has not yet been paid.