Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Regulator has the following functions:
(a) to promote the work health and safety of persons engaged in offshore infrastructure activities;
(b) to develop and implement effective monitoring and enforcement strategies to secure compliance by persons with their obligations under this Act, the applied work health and safety provisions or a licence or in relation to matters related to the following:
(i) work health and safety;
(ii) environmental management;
(iii) the infrastructure integrity of offshore renewable energy infrastructure and offshore electricity transmission infrastructure;
(c) to investigate accidents, occurrences and circumstances:
(i) that affect, or have the potential to affect, the work health and safety of persons engaged in offshore infrastructure activities; or
(ii) that involve, or may involve, deficiencies in environmental management in connection with offshore infrastructure activities; or
(iii) that involve or may involve deficiencies in the infrastructure integrity of offshore renewable energy infrastructure or offshore electricity transmission infrastructure;
(d) to report, as appropriate, to the Minister on investigations covered by paragraph (c);
(e) to advise persons, either on its own initiative or on request, on matters relating to work health and safety, environmental protection and infrastructure integrity in connection with offshore infrastructure activities;
(f) to make reports, including recommendations, to the Minister on issues relating to work health and safety, environmental protection and infrastructure integrity in connection with offshore infrastructure activities;
(g) to provide information, assessments, analysis, reports, advice and recommendations to the Minister in relation to the administration and functioning of this Act and the applied work health and safety provisions;
(h) to cooperate with the Registrar in matters relating to the administration and enforcement of this Act and the applied work health and safety provisions;
(i) to cooperate with other Commonwealth, State or Territory agencies and authorities having functions relating to the regulation of offshore infrastructure activities;
(j) the functions conferred on the Regulator by the applied work health and safety provisions;
(k) such other functions as are conferred on the Regulator by or under this Act;
(l) to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.
(2) The functions of the Regulator may be performed within or outside Australia.