Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 (117 of 2008)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

298   After clause 13 of Schedule 6

Insert:

13A Petroleum project inspectors - early commencement of greenhouse gas provisions

(1) This clause applies to an appointment of a person as an inspector in respect of an adjacent area if:

(a) the appointment was in force immediately before the commencement of section 318 of this Act; and

(b) the appointment was made under section 125 of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967; and

(c) Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 commences immediately after the commencement of item 32 of Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2008.

(2) The appointment has effect, after the commencement of this clause, as if it had been an appointment of the person as a petroleum project inspector under section 318 of this Act in respect of the corresponding offshore area.

13B Petroleum project inspectors - late commencement of greenhouse gas provisions

(1) This clause applies to an appointment of a person as a project inspector in respect of an offshore area if:

(a) the appointment was in force immediately before the commencement of this clause; and

(b) the appointment was made under section 318 of this Act; and

(c) Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 does not commence immediately after the commencement of item 32 of Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2008.

(2) The appointment has effect, after the commencement of this clause, as if it had been an appointment of the person as a petroleum project inspector under section 318 of this Act in respect of the offshore area.