Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:572a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 572A
Character Range: 1447709–1449285

572A  Simplified outline
  The following is a simplified outline of this Part:

      If there is an escape of petroleum in relation to a petroleum activity, the titleholder is required to do the following in any offshore area:
             (a) eliminate or control the escape;
             (b) clean up the escaped petroleum and remediate any resulting damage to the environment;
             (c) carry out environmental monitoring of the impact of the escape on the environment.
      If any of the escaped petroleum has migrated to land or waters of a State, the Northern Territory or a designated external Territory, the titleholder is required to do the following on that land or in those waters:
             (a) clean up the escaped petroleum and remediate any resulting damage to the environment;
             (b) carry out environmental monitoring of the impact of the escape on the environment.
      If the titleholder fails to do any of these things, NOPSEMA or the responsible Commonwealth Minister may do them instead. The titleholder must reimburse NOPSEMA or the Commonwealth for the costs and expenses of any such action.
      The titleholder must also reimburse a State or the Northern Territory for any reasonable costs or expenses incurred in doing any of the following in land or waters of the State or the Northern Territory:
             (a) cleaning up the escaped petroleum;
             (b) remediating any resulting damage to the environment;
             (c) carrying out environmental monitoring of the impact of the escape on the environment.