Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) On receiving the corporate plan, the responsible Commonwealth Minister must:
(a) provide a copy of the part of the plan mentioned in paragraph 677A(b) to each State and Northern Territory Petroleum Minister; and
(b) consult those Ministers on the content of that part; and
(c) provide a copy of the part of the plan mentioned in paragraph 677A(a) to the OEI Minister; and
(d) consult the OEI Minister on the content of that part.
(2) The responsible Commonwealth Minister must respond to the plan as soon as practicable after completion of those consultations.
(3) The responsible Commonwealth Minister's response may include a written direction to the CEO to vary the plan. However, a direction under this subsection must not be given in respect of occupational health and safety matters relating to:
(a) particular offshore petroleum operations; or
(b) particular offshore greenhouse gas storage operations; or
(c) particular offshore infrastructure activities (within the meaning of the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 ).
(4) The responsible Commonwealth Minister's response must set out the reasons for giving a direction.
(5) If the responsible Commonwealth Minister's response includes a direction to vary the corporate plan, the CEO must prepare a revised plan and give it to the responsible Commonwealth Minister within 30 days after being given the response.
(6) The responsible Commonwealth Minister must not approve, or direct the variation of, a part of a corporate plan that relates specifically to operations of NOPSEMA in the designated coastal waters of one or more of the States without the approval of the State Petroleum Minister or State Petroleum Ministers concerned.
(7) The responsible Commonwealth Minister must not approve, or direct the variation of, a part of a corporate plan that relates specifically to operations of NOPSEMA in the designated coastal waters of the Northern Territory without the approval of the Northern Territory Petroleum Minister.
(8) The responsible Commonwealth Minister must not approve, or direct the variation of, the part of a corporate plan mentioned in paragraph 677A(a) without the approval of the OEI Minister.