Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An offshore facility is a facility, located in an offshore area, that is used in the extraction of petroleum from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on, or forming part of, the facility, and includes:
(a) any structure, located in the offshore area, used in operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of that kind; and
(b) any vessel, located in the offshore area, used in operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of that kind.
(2) A FPSO located in an offshore area is an offshore facility .
(3) A FSU located in an offshore area is an offshore facility .
Note: A FPSO or FSU is both a ship and an offshore facility. As it is an offshore facility, the Secretary may declare it to be a security regulated offshore facility. If this happens, the ship ceases to be a security regulated ship.
(4) However, a ship is not an offshore facility , and does not form part of an offshore facility, if it is:
(a) an offtake tanker; or
(b) a tug or an anchor handler; or
(c) a ship used to supply an offshore facility, or otherwise travel between an offshore facility and the shore.
(5) An offshore facility does not include any pipeline that is beneath the low water mark.
(6) A mobile offshore drilling unit is not an offshore facility , and does not form part of an offshore facility.
(7) In this Act, an offshore area is an area in:
(a) Australian waters; or
(b) the exclusive economic zone of Australia (including its external Territories); or
(c) the sea over the continental shelf of Australia (including its external Territories).