157Responsibility for activities carried out under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act

157 Responsibility for activities carried out under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act S. 157(1) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 10.2). (1) In this section, ***relevant Minister*** means the Minister for the time being administering the **Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010**. (2) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act but subject to subsection (4), the relevant Minister— S. 157(2)(a) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 10.3). (a) has direct and primary concern and responsibility for the administration of this Act with respect to activities carried out under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth or the **Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010**; and (b) may exercise for that purpose all the powers and functions of the Minister or Authority under this Act or the regulations. (3) For the purposes only of subsection (2), this section applies as if a reference in this Act or the regulations— (a) to the Minister were a reference to the relevant Minister; and (b) to the Authority were a reference to the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industries; and (c) to an officer or employee of the Authority were a reference to a person employed under Part 3 of the **Public Administration Act 2004** by the Department Head (within the meaning of that Act) of the Department of Primary Industries. (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to any power, function or responsibility of the Minister relating to compliance codes or to the making of regulations.