Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

A person may take an action described in a provision of Part 3 without an approval under Part 9 for the purposes of the provision if:

the action has been approved in accordance with a NOPSEMA management or authorisation framework; and

the action is taken in accordance with the framework; and

a declaration under section 36H specifying the framework and a class of actions to which the action belongs was in operation at the time of the approval.

A NOPSEMA management or authorisation framework is a management or authorisation framework that is set out in, or includes, either or both of the following:

the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006;

regulations made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 that are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

For the purposes of this Act, a reference in this Division to an action approved, or an approval of an action, under a NOPSEMA management or authorisation framework is a reference to an action approved (however described), or an approval (however described), of an action under such a framework.