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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO 50 OF 2004) - SECT 7

7—Insertion of section 14A

After section 14 insert:

14A—Disapplication of State occupational health and safety laws

        (1)         The prescribed occupational health and safety laws do not apply in relation to—

            (a)         a facility; or

            (b)         a person at a facility; or

            (c)         a person near a facility, to the extent to which the person is affected by—

                  (i)         a facility; or

                  (ii)         activities that take place at a facility; or

            (d)         activities that take place at a facility.

        (2)         A reference in subsection (1) to the prescribed occupational health and safety laws is a reference to such of the provisions of those laws that, but for subsection (1), would apply in the adjacent area by virtue of the Off-shore Waters (Application of Laws) Act 1976 or the cooperative scheme within the meaning of the Crimes at Sea Act 1998 .

        (3)         In this section—

"facility" has the same meaning as in Schedule 7;

"prescribed occupational heath and safety laws" mean any laws of the State relating to occupational health and safety (whether or not they also relate to other matters) that are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

        (4)         This section applies despite anything to the contrary in the Off-shore Waters (Application of Laws) Act 1976 or the Crimes at Sea Act 1998 .



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