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Designated project

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7 Designated project

(1)

For the purposes of this Act, designated project means a project to do either or both of the following:

(a)

establish a new eligible facility;

(b)

expand, improve or upgrade an existing eligible facility;

to the extent to which:

(c)

one or more constitutional corporations are responsible for carrying out the project; or

(d)

a relevant facility:

(i)

is, or is to be, in one or more offshore areas (within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006) and outside the Greater Sunrise special regime area (within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973); and

(ii)

relates to the exercise of Australia’s sovereign rights in the exclusive economic zone or the continental shelf; or

(e)

a relevant facility is, or is to be, for purposes related to trade or commerce:

(i)

between Australia and places outside Australia; or

(ii)

among the States; or

(iii)

within a Territory; or

(iv)

between a State and a Territory; or

(v)

between 2 Territories; or

(f)

a relevant facility is, or is to be, in a Territory; or

(g)

a relevant facility is, or is to be, in a Commonwealth place (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970).

(2)

However, subsection (1) does not apply to a project if the trigger date for the project is before the 90th day after the commencement of this section.

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