Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If:
(a) both:
(i) an environment plan is submitted to NOPSEMA under a prescribed provision of regulations made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ; and
(ii) the activities to which the plan relates are authorised by one or more Commonwealth titles; or
(b) both:
(i) a proposed revision of an environment plan is submitted to NOPSEMA under a prescribed provision of regulations made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ; and
(ii) the activities to which the revised plan relates are authorised by one or more Commonwealth titles; or
(c) both:
(i) an environment plan is submitted to NOPSEMA under a prescribed provision of regulations made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ; and
(ii) the plan is submitted by an applicant for a Commonwealth title mentioned in paragraph (e), (f), (g), (k) or (l) of the definition of Commonwealth title in subsection (7); or
(d) both:
(i) an environment plan is submitted to NOPSEMA under a prescribed provision of regulations made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ; and
(ii) the activities to which the plan relates are carried out for the purposes of complying with a remedial direction; or
(e) both:
(i) a proposed revision of an environment plan is submitted to NOPSEMA under a prescribed provision of regulations made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ; and
(ii) the activities to which the revised plan relates are carried out for the purposes of complying with a remedial direction;
levy is imposed on the submission.
(2) Levy imposed by subsection (1) is to be known as environment plan levy .
(3) Environment plan levy imposed by subsection (1) is payable:
(a) if:
(i) paragraph (1)(a) applies; and
(ii) the activities to which the plan relates are authorised by a single Commonwealth title;
by the titleholder; or
(b) if:
(i) paragraph (1)(a) applies; and
(ii) the activities to which the plan relates are authorised by 2 or more Commonwealth titles;
jointly and severally by the titleholders; or
(c) if:
(i) paragraph (1)(b) applies; and
(ii) the activities to which the revised plan relates are authorised by a single Commonwealth title;
by the titleholder; or
(d) if:
(i) paragraph (1)(b) applies; and
(ii) the activities to which the revised plan relates are authorised by 2 or more Commonwealth titles;
jointly and severally by the titleholders; or
(e) if paragraph (1)(c) applies--by the applicant for the Commonwealth title; or
(f) if paragraph (1)(d) or (e) applies--by the person who is subject to the remedial direction.
Amount of environment plan levy
(4) The amount of environment plan levy imposed by subsection (1) in respect of a submission is the amount that is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the regulations.
(5) The regulations may specify different amounts of environment plan levy, or different means of working out amounts of environment plan levy, in relation to different circumstances.
(6) Subsection (5) does not limit subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(7) In this section:
"Commonwealth title" means:
(a) a petroleum exploration permit; or
(b) a petroleum retention lease; or
(c) a petroleum production licence; or
(d) an infrastructure licence; or
(e) a pipeline licence; or
(f) a petroleum special prospecting authority; or
(g) a petroleum access authority; or
(ga) a petroleum scientific investigation consent; or
(h) a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or
(i) a greenhouse gas holding lease; or
(j) a greenhouse gas injection licence; or
(k) a greenhouse gas search authority; or
(l) a greenhouse gas special authority; or
(m) a greenhouse gas research consent.
"greenhouse gas research consent" has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"greenhouse gas search authority" has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"greenhouse gas special authority" has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"petroleum access authority" has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"petroleum scientific investigation consent" has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"petroleum special prospecting authority" has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"registered holder" , in relation to a title, has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"titleholder" means:
(a) for a title mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (g) or (h) to (l) of the definition of Commonwealth title in this subsection--the registered holder of the title; or
(b) for a consent mentioned in paragraph (ga) or (m) of the definition of Commonwealth title in this subsection--the holder of the consent (within the meaning of section 254 or 425 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ).