Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00998:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00998
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 6508–9437

5  Definitions
  In this instrument:
accepted offshore project proposal means an offshore project proposal that has been accepted by NOPSEMA under section 13.
Act means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
activity means:
 (a) a petroleum activity; or
 (b) a greenhouse gas activity;
and includes, where the context permits, a reference to a proposed activity or any stage of an activity.
Commonwealth land has the same meaning as in the EPBC Act.
Commonwealth marine area has the same meaning as in the EPBC Act.
control measure means a system, an item of equipment, a person or a procedure, that is used as a basis for managing environmental impacts and risks of an activity.
declared Ramsar wetland has the same meaning as in the EPBC Act.
declared World Heritage property has the same meaning as in the EPBC Act.
ecological character has the same meaning as in the EPBC Act.
environment means:
 (a) ecosystems and their constituent parts, including people and communities; and
 (b) natural and physical resources; and
 (c) the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas; and
 (d) the heritage value of places;
and includes the social, economic and cultural features of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d).
environmental impact, of an activity, means any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, that wholly or partially results from the activity.
environmental management system, for an activity, includes the responsibilities, practices, processes and resources used to manage the environmental aspects of the activity.
environmental performance means the performance of a titleholder in relation to the environmental performance outcomes and environmental performance standards mentioned in an environment plan.
environmental performance outcome, for an activity, means a measurable level of performance required for the management of environmental aspects of the activity to ensure that environmental impacts and risks of the activity will be of an acceptable level.
environmental performance standard means a statement of the performance required of a control measure.
environment plan, for an activity, means a plan that is submitted to NOPSEMA under section 26.
environment plan acceptance criteria has the meaning given by section 34.
EPBC Act means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
facility includes a structure or installation of any kind.
greenhouse gas activity means operations or works in an offshore area undertaken for the purpose of:
 (a) exercising a right conferred on a greenhouse gas titleholder under the Act by a greenhouse gas title; or
 (b) discharging an obligation imposed on a greenhouse gas titleholder by the Act or a legislative instrument under the Act.
greenhouse gas title means any of the following:
 (a) a greenhouse gas assessment permit;
 (b) a greenhouse gas holding lease;