Regulatory Reform Omnibus Act 2025 (73 of 2025)

Schedule 3   Amendments to reduce regulatory burden

Part 3   Strengthening information sharing for more consistent regulatory outcomes

Division 1   Main amendments

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

29   At the end of subsection 740A(2)

Add:

; or (e) for any of the following purposes:

(i) coordinating the management of, or responding to, a serious situation, relating to an identified greenhouse gas storage formation specified in a greenhouse gas injection licence, in relation to which the responsible Commonwealth Minister has given a direction under section 380;

(ii) coordinating the management of, or responding to, a significant offshore petroleum incident in relation to which NOPSEMA has given a direction in accordance with section 576B;

(iii) coordinating the management of, or responding to, a declared oil pollution emergency.