Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:643:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 643 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 1748372–1751112

643  Definitions
  In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
Board means the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority Board continued in existence by section 653.
Board member means a member of the Board, and includes the Chair of the Board.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of NOPSEMA.
Commonwealth waters means the waters of the sea that comprise the offshore areas of each State and of each Territory, the Bayu‑Undan pipeline international offshore area and the Greater Sunrise pipeline international offshore area.
Note: The offshore area of a State or Territory is defined by section 8.
designated coastal waters, in relation to a State or the Northern Territory, has the meaning given by section 644.
facility means:
 (a) a facility (within the meaning of Schedule 3) located in Commonwealth waters; or
 (b) if there are provisions of a State or Territory PSLA that substantially correspond to Schedule 3 to this Act to the extent to which that Schedule relates to offshore petroleum operations—a vessel, structure or other thing that:
 (i) is located in the designated coastal waters of the State or of the Northern Territory, as the case may be; and
 (ii) would have been a facility (within the meaning of Schedule 3 to this Act) if subclauses 4(5A) to (5E) of that Schedule had not been enacted and the vessel, structure, or thing had been located in Commonwealth waters; or
 (c) if there are provisions of a State or Territory PSLA that substantially correspond to Schedule 3 to this Act to the extent to which that Schedule relates to offshore greenhouse gas storage operations—a vessel, structure or other thing that:
 (i) is located in the designated coastal waters of the State or of the Northern Territory, as the case may be; and
 (ii) would have been a facility (within the meaning of Schedule 3 to this Act) if subclauses 4(1) to (5) of that Schedule had not been enacted and the vessel, structure, or thing had been located in Commonwealth waters.
For the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c), assume that a reference in Schedule 3 to this Act to a pipeline licence includes a reference to a pipeline licence under a State or Territory PSLA.
Greenhouse Gas Storage Ministerial Council means:
 (a) if there is a body (however described) that consists of the Minister of the Commonwealth, and the Minister of each State and Territory, who is responsible, or principally responsible, for matters relating to:
 (i) the injection of greenhouse gas substances into parts of geological formations; and
 (ii) the permanent storage of greenhouse gas substances in parts of geological formations;
  that body; or
 (b) in any other case—the Ministers responsible for mineral and energy