Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00096:clause:2_46:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00096
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 46 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 111460–114074

46  Application and transitional provisions
(1) In this item:
 Act means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
 commencement means the commencement of this Schedule.
(2) The amendment of section 14 of the Act made by this Schedule applies in relation to permits, leases, licences and authorities that ceased to be in force, in whole or in part, on or after 1 January 2021.
(3) The amendments of sections 577, 577A, 578, 582A and 583 of the Act made by this Schedule apply in relation to directions given on or after commencement.
(4) A direction may be given after commencement under section 586, 586A, 591B and 592 of the Act, as amended by this Schedule, to a former registered holder of a permit, lease or licence only if the former registered holder ceased to hold the permit, lease or licence (in whole or in part) on or after 1 January 2021.
(5) A direction may be given after commencement under section 586, 586A, 591B or 592 of the Act, as amended by this Schedule, to a person who is or was a related body corporate of a former registered holder of a permit, lease or licence only if:
 (a) the person was a related body corporate of the former registered holder at the time the permit, lease or licence was in force; and
 (b) the former registered holder ceased to hold the permit, lease or licence (in whole or in part) on or after 1 January 2021.
(6) Subitem (7) applies if the responsible Commonwealth Minister proposes to make a written determination under any of the following subsections of the Act, as inserted by this Schedule, in relation to a person:
 (a) subsection 586(2B);
 (b) subsection 586A(2B);
 (c) subsection 587(2B);
 (d) subsection 587A(2B);
 (e) subsection 591B(2B);
 (f) subsection 592(2B);
 (g) subsection 594A(2B);
 (h) subsection 595(2B).
(7) In deciding whether to make the determination, the responsible Commonwealth Minister must not have regard to the matters mentioned in those subsections to the extent the matters relate to circumstances or events that occurred before 1 January 2021.
(8) The amendments of sections 587, 587A, 594A and 595 of the Act made by this Schedule do not affect a direction given under those sections if notice of the direction was given before commencement.
(9) A direction may be given after commencement under section 587, 587A, 594A or 595 of the Act, as amended by this Schedule:
 (a) if the direction is proposed to be given to the registered holder of a permit, lease, licence or authority that has ceased to be in force in part—only if the permit, lease, licence or authority ceased to be in force in part on or after