Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Compatible Cross-boundary Laws) Declaration 2021 (Cth)

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Compatible Cross‑boundary Laws) Declaration 2021

I, Keith Pitt, Minister for Resources and Water, make the following declaration.

Dated               2 August 2021

Keith Pitt

Minister for Resources and Water

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

5  Laws declared to be compatible cross‑boundary laws............................................................ 1

1  Name

This instrument is the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Compatible Cross‑boundary Laws) Declaration 2021.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under section 24A of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Commonwealth Act means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

5  Laws declared to be compatible cross‑boundary laws

  For the purposes of subsection 24A(1) of the Commonwealth Act, the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010 (Vic) is declared to be a compatible cross-boundary law for the purposes of the Commonwealth Act.