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

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

143   At the end of Part 2.5

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Division 4 - Directions by responsible Commonwealth Minister

177B Directions by responsible Commonwealth Minister

(1) The responsible Commonwealth Minister may, by written notice given to the Joint Authority, give the Joint Authority a direction in relation to the exercise by the Joint Authority of a power conferred on the Joint Authority by this Part in relation to:

(a) a specified application for an infrastructure licence, where any of the infrastructure facilities to which the licence relates is an infrastructure facility as a result of subsection 13(3); or

(b) a specified infrastructure licence, where any of the infrastructure facilities to which the licence relates is an infrastructure facility as a result of subsection 13(3).

(2) The Joint Authority must comply with a direction under subsection (1).

(3) A direction under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.