Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsStates and Territories
(1) The Regulator may provide services, under a contract entered into by the Regulator, to:
(a) a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; or
(b) an agency or authority of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory;
where:
(c) the services relate to the regulation of:
(i) exploring for or exploiting renewable energy resources; or
(ii) storing, transmitting or conveying electricity or a renewable energy product;
on or in:
(iii) land or waters within the limits of the State or Territory; or
(iv) the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and
(d) if the services are to be provided on land that is, or in waters that are, within the limits of the State or Territory:
(i) the services relate to the regulation of activities carried on by a constitutional corporation; or
(ii) the services relate to the regulation of vessels, structures or other things that are owned or controlled, or that are being constructed, operated, maintained or decommissioned, by a constitutional corporation; and
(e) the contract is approved in writing by the Minister.
Foreign countries
(2) The Regulator may provide services, under a contract entered into by the Regulator, to:
(a) the government of a foreign country; or
(b) an agency or authority of a foreign country; or
(c) the government of part of a foreign country; or
(d) an agency or authority of part of a foreign country;
where:
(e) the services relate to the regulation of:
(i) exploring for or exploiting renewable energy resources; or
(ii) storing, transmitting or conveying electricity or a renewable energy product;
outside Australia; and
(f) the contract is approved in writing by the Minister.
(3) Before giving an approval under paragraph (2)(f), the Minister must consult the Foreign Affairs Minister.
Provision of services not to impede other functions
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not authorise the Regulator to provide a service if the provision of the service would:
(a) impede the Regulator's capacity to perform the Regulator's other functions under this Act; or
(b) impede the capacity of NOPSEMA to perform any of NOPSEMA's other functions (including functions under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ).
Certain governance provision do not apply
(5) The following provisions do not apply in relation to a power conferred by subsection (1) or (2) of this section:
(a) the following provisions of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 :
(i) Division 5 of Part 6.9 (corporate plans);
(ii) section 690 (annual reports);
(b) the following provisions of this Act:
(i) section 182 (Minister may give directions to Regulator);
(ii) section 184 (annual reports);
(iii) section 189 (fees).
(6) The annual report for NOPSEMA under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period is not required to include information about a service provided under a contract mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
(7) In this section:
"Foreign Affairs Minister" means the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 .
"regulation" includes investigation.