Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024

An application for a licence must:

specify the regulated activity to be authorised by the licence; and

specify the persons, or class of persons, to be authorised to conduct the regulated activity; and

specify the period of the licence; and

for a licence to authorise a facility activity—specify the designated zone, and the area within that zone, in which the facility activity may be conducted under the licence; and

for a licence to authorise a submarine activity:

for a submarine activity referred to in paragraph 13(a)—specify the designated zone, and the area within that zone, in which the submarine activity may be conducted under the licence; or

for any other submarine activity—specify the Australian submarine in relation to which the submarine activity may be conducted under the licence; and

for a licence to authorise a material activity—specify:

the designated zone or Australian submarine; and

the area within that zone or submarine;

for an application made by the Commonwealth—specify the non‑corporate Commonwealth entity or Commonwealth officer who is making the application on behalf of the Commonwealth; and

be in writing; and

be in the approved form (if any); and

contain the information (if any) prescribed by the regulations; and

be accompanied by the documents (if any) prescribed by the regulations; and

be given to the Regulator in the manner (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

To avoid doubt, the application may relate to:

one or more regulated activities; and

one or more designated zones, or areas of designated zones; and

one or more AUKUS submarines.