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Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021

No. 120, 2021

Compilation No. 4

Compilation date: 20 February 2025

                Includes amendments: Act No. 13, 2025

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 20 February 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Editorial changes

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Modifications

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents
Chapter 1—Preliminary
Part 1—Introduction
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Object of this Act
4 Simplified outline of this Act
5 External Territories
6 Crown to be bound
7 Provisions to apply to certain offshore electricity transmission infrastructure subject to international obligations
Part 2—Definitions
8 Definitions
9 Datum provisions
10 Meaning of offshore renewable energy infrastructure
11 Meaning of offshore electricity transmission infrastructure
12 Offshore renewable energy infrastructure and offshore electricity transmission infrastructure
13 Meaning of renewable energy resource
Chapter 2—Regulation of offshore infrastructure activities
Part 1—Prohibition of unauthorised offshore infrastructure activities
14 Simplified outline of this Part
15 Prohibition of unauthorised offshore infrastructure activities in the Commonwealth offshore area
Part 2—Declaring areas for offshore renewable energy infrastructure
Division 1—Introduction
16 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Declared areas
17 Declared areas
18 Notice of proposal to declare an area
19 Making a decision
20 Conditions that apply to a declaration
21 Period for which a declaration remains in force
Division 3—Varying a declaration
22 Variation