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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE (REGULATORY LEVIES) AMENDMENT (REMITTAL AND REFUND) REGULATION 2014 (SLI NO 202 OF 2014)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

SELECT LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT NO. 202, 2014

Subject: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

            Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Remittal and Refund) Regulation 2014

The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) provides the legal framework for the exploration for and recovery of petroleum, and for the injection and storage of greenhouse gas substances, in offshore areas (Commonwealth waters).

Section 781 of the OPGGS Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by the OPGGS Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the OPGGS Act.

The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003 (Regulatory Levies Act) provides (among other things) for the imposition of an annual titles administration levy in relation to offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas titles. The levy is collected by the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (the Titles Administrator) in order to fund its operations on a cost-recovery basis.

Section 11 of the Regulatory Levies Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of a number of sections of the Regulatory Levies Act, including section 10E which imposes the annual titles administration levy.

The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Regulations 2004 (the Principal Regulations) specifies the amounts of annual titles administration levy imposed by the Regulatory Levies Act in relation to each type of petroleum and greenhouse gas title.  

Amendments to the Regulatory Levies Act which received Royal Assent on 17 July 2014 will, on commencement, make clear that annual titles administration levy is imposed on a title for the year beginning on the day that the title comes into force, and for each subsequent year beginning on the anniversary of that day, if the title is still in force at the start of the anniversary. The levy is imposed whether or not the title remains in force for the whole of the relevant year.

Although there may be less than 12 months remaining in the life of the term of a title, the Titles Administrator is still required to conduct administration activities, including data management and receipt of reports, in relation to the title. The amendments to the Regulatory Levies Act to ensure that annual titles administration levy is imposed for a year of the term of a title, even if the title does not remain in force for the full year, therefore ensure that the Titles Administrator is fully cost-recovered for its activities.

These amendments are supported by amendments to the OPGGS Act which will, on commencement, insert a power to make regulations to provide for the remittal or refund of all or part of an amount of annual titles administration levy imposed on a title for a year, if the title wholly or partly ceases to be in force before the end of the year. The provision enables regulations to provide for different amounts to be remitted or refunded depending on matters including when the title ceases to be in force, the kind of title on which levy is imposed and, in the case of a title that partly ceases to be in force, the number of blocks or the length of pipeline in relation to which the title ceases to be in force. 

The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Remittal and Refund) Regulation 2014 (the Regulation) amends the Principal Regulations to fully implement the amendments to the Regulatory Levies Act by providing for the remittal or refund of an amount, or part of an amount, of annual titles administration levy imposed on a title for a year, if the title ceases to be in force before the end of the year.

The Regulation provides for different amounts to be remitted or refunded in two different circumstances. Firstly, if a title wholly or partly ceased to be in force because it was surrendered, in whole or in part, under section 271 (petroleum titles) or 443 (greenhouse gas titles) of the OPGGS Act during a year for which levy is imposed, and the application for consent to surrender the title was submitted before the commencement of that year, the full amount of the levy imposed on the title or the relevant part of the title for that year will be remitted or refunded.

In all other circumstances when a title wholly or partly ceases to be in force before the end of a year for which levy is imposed, except in a case where the title is wholly or partly cancelled under section 275 (petroleum titles) or 447 (greenhouse gas titles) of the OPGGS Act, the Regulation sets out a formula to provide for remittal or refund of the amount of levy that applies in relation to the part of the year for which the title, or part of the title, is not in force. No remittal or refund applies if a title is wholly or partly cancelled.

The amendments made by the Regulation commence at the same time as items 7 to 11 of Schedule 2 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Regulatory Powers and Other Measures) Act 2014. Item 11 of Schedule 2 to that Act inserts the power to make regulations to provide for remittal or refund of annual titles administration levy. Those items commence at the same time as items 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Act 2014 (Regulatory Levies Amendment Act), which is scheduled to commence either by Proclamation, or on the day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day the Regulatory Levies Amendment Act received Royal Assent (i.e. on 18 January 2015). As a Proclamation will not be made, the amendments made by the Regulation therefore commence on 18 January 2015.   

Details of the Regulation are set out in Attachment 1. The Regulation is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

The Regulation is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared under section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011. A full Statement of Compatibility is set out in Attachment 2.

Consultation

The Titles Administrator, which is the entity that will administer the amendments made by the Regulation, was consulted extensively during development of the Regulation, including consultation on drafting instructions and on drafts of the Regulation. 

Consultation was not specifically undertaken with offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas titleholders. Titleholders were made aware of the proposal to amend the Principal Regulations to provide for remittal and refund of annual titles administration levies through information regarding the amendments made to the Regulatory Levies Act, including information in the May and September 2014 editions of Australian Petroleum News, a newsletter sent to industry stakeholders. In addition, the Regulation provides only for a technical refund or remittal of an amount, or part of an amount, of levy paid or payable by a titleholder, and all calculations and actions are required to be undertaken by the Titles Administrator under the amendments made by the Regulation. Titleholders are not required to take any action to receive a remittal or refund.

Attachment 1

Details of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Remittal and Refund) Regulation 2014

Section 1 - Name

This section provides that the title of the Regulation is the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Remittal and Refund) Regulation 2014.

Section 2 - Commencement

This section provides that sections 1 to 4 of the Regulation commence on the day after the Regulation is registered, and Schedule 1 to the Regulation commences at the same time as items 7 to 11 of Schedule 2 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Regulatory Powers and Other Measures) Act 2014. Item 11 of Schedule 2 to that Act inserts a power in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) to make regulations to provide for remittal or refund of annual titles administration levy. Those items commence at the same time as items 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Act 2014 (Regulatory Levies Amendment Act), which commences either by Proclamation, or on the day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day the Regulatory Levies Amendment Act received Royal Assent (i.e. on 18 January 2015). As a Proclamation will not be made, the Regulation therefore commences on 18 January 2015.  

Section 3 - Authority

This section provides that the Regulation is made under the OPGGS Act and the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003 (Regulatory Levies Act).

Section 4 - Schedules

This section provides that existing named instruments are amended or repealed as per the terms of the Schedules contained in the Regulation. Any other item in a Schedule has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1 - Amendments

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Regulations 2004

Item [1] - Before regulation 59A

This item inserts a Division heading before regulation 59A of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Regulations 2004 (the Principal Regulations), so that regulation 59A is now Division 1 of Part 11A. A new Division 2 of Part 11A is inserted by item [3]. 

Item [2] - Subregulation 59A(1)

This item amends subregulation 59A(1) to reflect that regulation 59A is no longer the only regulation in Part 11A of the Principal Regulations. New regulations are inserted in Part 11A by item [3].   

Item [3] - After regulation 59A

This item inserts a new Division 2 (regulations 59AA and 59AB) in the Principal Regulations to provide for remittal or refund of an amount, or part of an amount, of annual titles administration levy imposed on a title for a year, if the title wholly or partly ceases to be in force before the end of the year for which levy is imposed.

New regulation 59AA provides a definition of 'eligible title' for the purposes of the new Division. If a title is an 'eligible title', as defined under subsection 10E(7) of the Regulatory Levies Act, annual titles administration levy is imposed on that title under the Regulatory Levies Act for the year beginning on the day the title comes into forces, and for each subsequent year beginning on the anniversary of that day, if the title is still in force at the start of the anniversary. Levy is imposed whether or not the eligible title is in force for the whole of the year.

New regulation 59AB requires the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (the Titles Administrator) to remit or refund an amount or part of an amount of annual titles administration levy imposed on an eligible title for a year, if the title wholly or partly ceases to be in force before the end of the year for which levy is imposed. The reference to a 'year for which levy is imposed' is a reference to the year beginning on the day the title comes into force, and to each subsequent year beginning on the anniversary of that day, in accordance with imposition of the levy under the Regulatory Levies Act, rather than to a calendar year. For example, if a title came into force on 7 April 2015, the period of one year commencing on 7 April 2015 is a year for which levy is imposed, as is the period of one year commencing on 7 April 2016, and so on.  

There are two exceptions to the general requirement for the Titles Administrator to remit or refund an amount or part of an amount of levy if a title wholly partly ceases to be in force before the end of a year for which levy is imposed. Firstly, levy will not be remitted or refunded if the title wholly or partly ceases to be in force because it was cancelled, in whole or in part, under section 275 (for a petroleum title) or section 447 (for a greenhouse gas title) of the OPGGS Act. It is considered that the titleholder should continue to be responsible for paying levy in respect of a whole year when the reason that the title did not remain in force for the full year is a failure by the titleholder to meet its obligations under the OPGGS Act or regulations. In addition, an increased level of titles administration activity would be triggered by the detection, assessment and enforcement of serious non-compliance of a nature that may lead to cancellation of a title, so that payment of the full amount of levy for the year will enable the Titles Administrator to recover the full costs of the increased activity.

Secondly, levy will not be remitted or refunded if the title wholly or partly ceases to be in force because it is wholly or partly surrendered under section 271 (for a petroleum title) or section 443 (for a greenhouse gas title) of the OPGGS Act, unless the application for consent to surrender the title was made before the beginning of the year for which levy was imposed.

Applications for consent to surrender a title are usually submitted near the end of a year beginning on the day the title comes into force, or an anniversary of that day, as the titleholder will have completed the work program for that year prior to submitting the application. If consent to the surrender is subsequently given and the title surrendered during that same year, the Titles Administrator will still require the full amount of levy for that year to recover the costs of its titles administration activities.

On some occasions, however, the time it takes to assess and action an application for consent to surrender a title means that the title passes its anniversary date, and levy is therefore imposed on the title for another year. In the event that the application is subsequently consented to and the title surrendered, however, the administration activities that are cost recovered by the levy will not be undertaken in relation to that year, and levy imposed for that year will therefore be remitted or refunded.     

Subregulation 59AB(2) sets out the process for remittal or refund of levy in a case where a title wholly ceases to be in force before the end of a year for which levy is imposed. This subregulation does not apply, however, to a title that wholly ceases to be in force because it is surrendered under section 271 or 443 of the OPGGS Act (which is dealt with under new subregulation 59AB(4)).

The Titles Administrator is first required to calculate the adjusted amount of levy payable in respect of the title for the year, in accordance with the formula set out in subregulation 59AB(5). The formula requires the Titles Administrator to calculate the number of days during the year on which the title was in force, divide that number by 365 (i.e. the number of days in a year), and then multiply the resulting number by the amount of levy that is imposed on the title for the year. The formula does not change to take into account a leap year.   

For example, assume that a petroleum exploration permit was granted for a period of six years commencing on 1 April 2015 and ending on 31 March 2021. Prior to 31 March 2021, the permittee applied to the Titles Administrator for the renewal by the Joint Authority of the permit. However, when the permit would have expired on 31 March 2021, the Joint Authority had not yet made a decision whether to renew the permit. Under subsection 119(5) of the OPGGS Act, the permit would be continued in force until the Joint Authority grants or refuses to grant the renewal or the application lapses. As the title is kept in force, annual titles administration levy would be imposed on the title under the Regulatory Levies Act for the year beginning on 1 April 2021. Assume that the Joint Authority subsequently renewed the permit on 7 July 2021 (at which time, in accordance with the OPGGS Act, the original petroleum exploration permit ceased to be in force, and a new petroleum exploration permit came into force). Using the formula in subregulation 59AB(5), the adjusted amount payable by the titleholder for the original permit would be 98/365 (98 being the number of days in the year commencing 1 April 2021 for which the title was in force) multiplied by $9,781 (the amount of levy imposed on a petroleum exploration permit in respect of a year) - i.e. $2,626.13.   

Once the Titles Administrator has calculated the adjusted amount, subregulation 59AB(2) then requires the Titles Administrator to do the following (as applicable):

(1)   Remit so much of the amount of levy imposed on the title for the year as exceeds the adjusted amount and remained unpaid when the levy became due and payable. Annual titles administration levy is due and payable at the end of 30 days after the first day of the year for which the levy is imposed. In practice, this will occur if the title ceased to be in force before the titleholder had paid the levy for the year.

(2)   If an amount exceeding the adjusted amount has already been paid by way of levy for the year, refund the amount of the excess. In practice, this will occur if the title ceased to be in force after the titleholder had paid the levy for the year.

Under the example above, the amount remitted or refunded would be $7,154.87 (i.e. the amount of levy imposed on a petroleum exploration permit for a year, minus the adjusted amount).

Subregulation 59AB(3) sets out the process for remittal or refund of levy in a case where a title ceases in part to be in force before the end of a year for which levy is imposed. This subregulation does not apply, however, to a title that ceased in part to be in force because it was surrendered in part under section 271 or 443 of the OPGGS Act (which is dealt with under new subregulation 59AB(4)). A title ceases to be in force in part if the title ceases to be in force in relation to one or more, but not all, of the blocks that constitute the title or, in the case of a pipeline licence, ceases to be in force in relation to part of the length of the pipeline.

The process for remitting or refunding levy is the same as in the case where a title wholly ceases to be in force, except that the calculations are undertaken only in relation to the part of the title that ceased to be in force.

The Titles Administrator is therefore first required to calculate the adjusted amount of levy payable in respect of the part of the title that ceased to be in force during the year, in accordance with the formula set out in subregulation 59AB(5). The formula requires the Titles Administrator to calculate the number of days during the year on which the relevant part of the title was in force, divide that number by 365, and then multiply the resulting number by so much of the total amount of levy imposed on the title for the year that is attributable to the relevant part of the title.

Under regulation 59A of the Principal Regulations, the amount of levy imposed on some titles is calculated on the basis of the number of blocks to which the title relates or, in the case of a pipeline licence, for each kilometre or part of a kilometre of the pipeline's length. As subregulation 59AB(7) makes clear, the amount of levy imposed on the title for the year that is attributable to the relevant part of the title is the amount attributable under regulation 59A to the block or blocks in relation to which the title ceased to be in force, or the length of pipeline in relation to which the pipeline licence ceased to be in force.

For example, assume that a petroleum retention lease came into force in relation to eight blocks on 11 August 2010. On 28 February 2013, the lessee applied to the Titles Administrator for the grant by the Joint Authority of a petroleum production licence in relation to three of the blocks that constitute the lease. On 11 August 2013 (the anniversary of the lease coming into force), the Joint Authority had not yet made a decision whether to grant the production licence, and levy was therefore imposed on the lease under the Regulatory Levies Act in respect of all eight blocks for the year commencing 11 August 2013. Subsequently, on 1 November 2013, the Joint Authority decided to grant the production licence in relation to the three blocks. Under section 146 of the OPGGS Act, when a production licence comes into force in relation to one or more blocks, a retention lease ceases to be in force to the extent to which it relates to those blocks. Therefore, as at 1 November 2013, the lease ceased in part to be in force, in relation to the three blocks.

Using the formula in subregulation 59AB(5), the adjusted amount payable by the titleholder in relation to the part of the title that ceased to be in force would be 83/365 (83 being the number of days in the year commencing 11 August 2013 during which the relevant part of the title was in force) multiplied by $23,265 (the amount of levy imposed on a petroleum retention lease in respect of a year in relation to three blocks) - i.e. $5,290.40.   

Once the Titles Administrator has calculated the adjusted amount, subregulation 59AB(3) then requires the Titles Administrator to do one of the following (as applicable):

(1)   Remit so much of the amount of levy imposed on the title for the year that is attributable to the part of the title that ceased to be in force and that exceeds the adjusted amount, and remained unpaid when the levy became due and payable. Annual titles administration levy is due and payable at the end of 30 days after the first day of the year for which the levy is imposed. In practice, this will occur if the part of the title ceased to be in force before the titleholder had paid the levy for the year.

(2)   If an amount exceeding the adjusted amount has already been paid by way of levy for the year, refund so much of the amount of levy that is attributable to the part of the title that ceased to be in force and that exceeds the adjusted amount. In practice, this will occur if the part of the title ceased to be in force after the titleholder had paid the levy for the year.

Under the example above, the amount remitted or refunded would be $19,974.60 (i.e. the amount of levy imposed on the petroleum retention lease for the year that is attributable to the three blocks that ceased to be in force, minus the adjusted amount).

Under regulation 59A of the Principal Regulations, the amount of levy for certain titles is currently imposed on a per title basis, rather than on a per block or per kilometre basis. The relevant titles are a work-bid petroleum exploration permit, a special petroleum exploration permit, an infrastructure licence, and a work-bid greenhouse gas assessment permit. For these titles, no amount or part of an amount of levy will be remitted or refunded if the title ceased in part to be in force, as the titleholder is required to pay the same amount of levy regardless of the number of blocks to which the title relates.

Subregulation 59AB(4) sets out the process for remittal or refund of levy in a case where a title is wholly or partly surrendered under section 271 (petroleum titles) or 443 (greenhouse gas titles) of the OPGGS Act during a year for which levy is imposed, and the application for consent to surrender was made prior to the beginning of that year. The Titles Administrator is required to remit or refund (as applicable) the entire amount of levy imposed on the title, or in relation to the part of the title, for that year (defined as the 'applicable amount of levy' in subregulation 59AB(6)). For the purposes of remittal or refund where a title is wholly or partly surrendered, it does not matter how many days the title or part of the title was in force during the year for which levy is imposed.

For example, assume a titleholder submitted an application for consent to surrender its title on 30 June 2014, and the title was still in force when an anniversary day of the title coming into force subsequently occurred on 30 September 2014. Levy would therefore be imposed on the title under the Regulatory Levies Act for the year commencing 30 September 2014. If a decision was then made by the Joint Authority to consent to the surrender, and the surrender took effect on 20 November 2014, the Titles Administrator would either: (a) remit so much of the total amount of levy imposed on the title for the year commencing 30 September 2014 as remained unpaid when the levy became due and payable, or (b) refund so much of the total amount of levy imposed on the title for the year as had been paid.

As another example, assume a pipeline licensee submitted an application for consent to surrender its pipeline licence in relation to a part of the pipeline on 30 June 2014 (e.g. to surrender the licence in relation to 5km of a 100km pipeline). The licence was still in force in relation to the full 100km of pipeline when an anniversary day of the title coming into force subsequently occurred on 30 September 2014. Levy would therefore be imposed on the title under the Regulatory Levies Act for the year commencing 30 September 2014 in respect of the full 100km of pipeline. If a decision was then made by the Joint Authority to consent to the surrender, and the surrender took effect on 20 November 2014, the Titles Administrator would either: (a) remit so much of the amount of levy imposed on the title for the year commencing 30 September 2014 as is attributable to the part of the title that was surrendered (i.e. the 5km of pipeline), and remained unpaid when the levy became due and payable, or (b) refund so much of the amount of levy that is attributable to the part of the title that ceased to be in force as had already been paid by the titleholder. Under the example above, the amount refunded would be $260.00 (i.e. the amount of levy imposed on the pipeline licence for the year in relation to the 5km of pipeline that ceased to be in force).

Under regulation 59A of the Principal Regulations, the amount of levy for certain titles is currently imposed on a per title basis, rather than on a per block or per kilometre basis. The relevant titles are a work-bid petroleum exploration permit, a special petroleum exploration permit, an infrastructure licence, and a work-bid greenhouse gas assessment permit. For these titles, levy will not be remitted or refunded if the title is partly surrendered, as the titleholder is required to pay the same amount of levy regardless of the number of blocks to which the title relates.

Item [4] - After Part 12

This item inserts a new Part 13 (regulation 64) to provide an application provision for the purpose of the amendments made by the Regulation.

The application provision ensures that if an application for consent to surrender a title in whole or in part was submitted under section 269 (petroleum titles) or 441 (greenhouse gas titles) of the OPGGS Act prior to the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Regulation, and levy then imposed on the title for a year beginning on a day that occurs after commencement of Schedule 1 to the Regulation, an amount of levy will be remitted or refunded if the title is subsequently surrendered before the end of the year for which levy is imposed.

For example, assume an application for consent to surrender a petroleum exploration permit was submitted to the Titles Administrator on 20 December 2014. Schedule 1 to the Regulation then commences on 18 January 2015. Assume that an anniversary day of the permit coming into force then occurred on 31 January 2015, so that levy was imposed on the permit under the Regulatory Levies Act for the year commencing 31 January 2015. After that date, a decision was made by the Joint Authority to consent to the surrender, and the surrender took effect on 1 March 2015. The levy paid by the titleholder for the year commencing 31 January 2015 will be refunded in full, even though the application for consent to surrender the title was made before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Regulation. 

New subregulation 64(3) provides for regulation 64 to be automatically repealed on 31 December 2016. By this date, any applications for consent to surrender a title submitted prior to the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Regulation will have been dealt with, and the application provision will no longer be required.

Both the amendments to the Regulatory Levies Act that clarify that annual titles administration levy is imposed on an eligible title for a year, even if the title is not in force for the whole year, and the supporting amendments to the OPGGS Act that insert a regulation-making power to provide for remittal and refund of levy if the title is not in force for a whole year, are expressed to apply in relation to annual titles administration levy imposed by the Regulatory Levies Act on an eligible title for a year that begins on or after the commencement of those amendments. As noted above, those amendments commence on 18 January 2015. The effect of this is that the amendments made by the Regulation also only apply in relation to annual titles administration levy imposed by the Regulatory Levies Act on an eligible title for a year that begins on or after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Regulation (i.e. a year commencing on or after 18 January 2015).

ATTACHMENT 2

Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights

Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Remittal and Refund) Regulation 2014

This Legislative Instrument is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.

Overview of the Legislative Instrument

This Legislative Instrument amends the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Regulations 2004 to fully implement amendments to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003 which clarify that annual titles administration levy is imposed on a petroleum or greenhouse gas title for the year beginning on the day that the title comes into force, and for each subsequent year beginning on the anniversary of that day, if the title is still in force at the start of the anniversary. The levy is imposed whether or not the title remains in force for the whole of the relevant year.

This Legislative Instrument provides for the remittal or refund of an amount, or part of an amount, of annual titles administration levy imposed on a title for a year, if the title ceases to be in force before the end of the year.

Annual titles administration levies are paid by offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas titleholders, and collected by the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator to cost-recover its titles administration functions under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

Human rights implications

This Legislative Instrument does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms.

Conclusion

This Legislative Instrument is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human rights issues.

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