Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (71 of 2022)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Customs Act 1901

Customs Act 1901

6   After subsection 4(18)

Insert:

(18A) An offshore electricity installation is taken to be installed in the Commonwealth offshore area if the installation:

(a) rests on the seabed in the Commonwealth offshore area; or

(b) is fixed or connected to the seabed in the Commonwealth offshore area (whether or not the installation is floating); or

(c) is attached or tethered to any other offshore electricity installation (including any other offshore electricity installation covered by this paragraph);

but does not include a vessel that is temporarily moored or anchored to the seabed in the Commonwealth offshore area.

(18B) An offshore electricity installation is not taken to be installed in the Commonwealth offshore area for the purposes of this Act unless it is taken to be so installed under subsection (18A).