Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 76A

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, there is:

  (a)   a Cross - boundary Authority for each offshore area of a State; and

  (b)   a Cross - boundary Authority for the Principal Northern Territory offshore area.

State

  (2)   The Cross - boundary Authority for an offshore area of a State is constituted by:

  (a)   the responsible State Minister; and

  (b)   the responsible Commonwealth Minister;

and is to be known as the Commonwealth - [name of State] Greenhouse Gas Storage Cross - boundary Authority.

  (3)   The Cross - boundary Authority for an offshore area of a State is taken to be the Cross - boundary Authority for the State.

Northern Territory

  (4)   The Cross - boundary Authority for the Principal Northern Territory offshore area is constituted by:

  (a)   the responsible Northern Territory Minister; and

  (b)   the responsible Commonwealth Minister;

and is to be known as the Commonwealth - Northern Territory Greenhouse Gas Storage Cross - boundary Authority.

  (5)   The Commonwealth - Northern Territory Greenhouse Gas Storage Cross - boundary Authority is taken to be the Cross - boundary Authority for the Northern Territory.

Consent

  (6)   Paragraph   (1)(a) does not apply to an offshore area of a State unless the State has consented to the responsible State Minister being a member of the Cross - boundary Authority for the offshore area of the State.

  (7)   Paragraph   (1)(b) does not apply to the Principal Northern Territory offshore area unless the Northern Territory has consented to the responsible Northern Territory Minister being a member of the Cross - boundary Authority for the Principal Northern Territory offshore area.