Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas
Storage (Regulatory Powers and Other Measures) Amendment
Bill 2014
Portfolio:
Industry
Introduced: House of
Representatives, 29 May 2014
1.1
The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Powers and
Other Measures) Amendment Bill 2014 proposes to make technical amendments to
various Acts to enable the proper commencement of pending amendments to the Offshore
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) relating to
regulatory powers and enforcement measures.
1.2
The amendments in the bill will amend the commencement provisions in the
Offshore Storage Amendment (Compliance Measures) Act 2013 to link to the
commencement of the proposed Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act
2014.
1.3
The bill also seeks to make other technical amendments to the OPGGS Act
including:
-
removing the ability for the regulator to apply an infringement
notice for a breach of the requirement to ensure that there is an operator’s
representative present at a facility at all times when one or more individuals
are present at the facility;
-
inserting a regulation-making power to provide for refund and
remittal of annual titles administration levy in certain circumstances;
-
amending section 343, relating to applications for a greenhouse
gas holding lease by the holder of a petroleum retention lease, for consistency
with similar provisions;
-
removing the requirement to provide a copy of the application
with an application for approval of a transfer, application for approval of a
dealing, and provisional application for approval of a dealing; and
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correcting a missing subsection number and outdated references to
'the Safety Authority' in section 649.
1.4
The bill is accompanied by a statement of compatibility which concludes
that the bill is compatible with human rights.[1]
1.5
The committee considers that the bill does not appear to give
rise to human rights concerns.
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