Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003
1 Before subsection 10A(7)
Insert:
(6A) For the purposes of this section, disregard the abandonment of a well unless the process of abandoning the well was the subject of a notification under paragraph 5.17(c) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 .
2 Subsection 10A(7)
After "if", insert "a well commences to be abandoned, and".
3 Subsection 10A(7)
Before "requires", insert "(as in force at the time when the abandonment commenced)".
4 Subsection 10A(7)
Omit "a well", substitute "the well".
5 Subsection 10B(7)
Omit "Part 5 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 ", substitute "Part 5 of the old Resource Management and Administration Regulations".
6 Subsection 10B(8)
Insert:
"old Resource Management and Administration Regulations" means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 , as in force before the commencement of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Well Operations) Regulation 2015 .
7 Application of amendment
Subsection 10A(6A) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003 (as amended by this Schedule) applies in relation to the abandonment of a well if the abandonment commenced at or after the commencement of this item.