Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00179:section:81
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00179
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 81
Character Range: 123820–124822

81  Changes to the boundaries of the Commonwealth offshore area
 (1) If:
 (a) a licence has been granted on the basis that an area (the first area) is within the Commonwealth offshore area; and
 (b) as a result of a change to the boundary of the coastal waters of a State or Territory, the first area:
 (i) ceases to be within the Commonwealth offshore area; and
 (ii) falls within the coastal waters of the State or Territory;
this Act applies in relation to the licence as if the first area were still within the Commonwealth offshore area.
 (2) Subsection (1):
 (a) continues to apply to the first area only:
 (i) while the licence remains in force; or
 (ii) in relation to remediation or decommissioning in the first area after the licence ceases to be in force; and
 (b) does not apply in relation to an extension of the end day of the licence; and
 (c) if the licence is a feasibility licence—does not apply in relation to an application for a commercial licence in respect of the licence area.