Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021

The Regulator has the following functions:

to promote the work health and safety of persons engaged in offshore infrastructure activities;

to develop and implement effective monitoring and enforcement strategies to secure compliance by persons with their obligations under this Act, the applied work health and safety provisions or a licence or in relation to matters related to the following:

work health and safety;

environmental management;

the infrastructure integrity of offshore renewable energy infrastructure and offshore electricity transmission infrastructure;

to investigate accidents, occurrences and circumstances:

that affect, or have the potential to affect, the work health and safety of persons engaged in offshore infrastructure activities; or

that involve, or may involve, deficiencies in environmental management in connection with offshore infrastructure activities; or

that involve or may involve deficiencies in the infrastructure integrity of offshore renewable energy infrastructure or offshore electricity transmission infrastructure;

to report, as appropriate, to the Minister on investigations covered by paragraph (c);

to advise persons, either on its own initiative or on request, on matters relating to work health and safety, environmental protection and infrastructure integrity in connection with offshore infrastructure activities;

to make reports, including recommendations, to the Minister on issues relating to work health and safety, environmental protection and infrastructure integrity in connection with offshore infrastructure activities;

to provide information, assessments, analysis, reports, advice and recommendations to the Minister in relation to the administration and functioning of this Act and the applied work health and safety provisions;

to cooperate with the Registrar in matters relating to the administration and enforcement of this Act and the applied work health and safety provisions;

to cooperate with other Commonwealth, State or Territory agencies and authorities having functions relating to the regulation of offshore infrastructure activities;

the functions conferred on the Regulator by the applied work health and safety provisions;

such other functions as are conferred on the Regulator by or under this Act;

to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.

The functions of the Regulator may be performed within or outside Australia.