11Meaning of offshore electricity transmission infrastructure

11 Meaning of offshore electricity transmission infrastructure

(1) For the purposes of this Act, offshore electricity transmission infrastructure means fixed or tethered infrastructure that has the primary purpose of storing, transmitting or conveying electricity (whether or not the electricity is generated from a renewable energy resource). (2) The following are also offshore electricity transmission infrastructure: (a) any infrastructure, structure or installation that would be offshore electricity transmission infrastructure except that it is being constructed, installed or decommissioned; (b) any infrastructure, structure or installation that would be offshore electricity transmission infrastructure except that it has temporarily or accidentally ceased to be fixed or tethered infrastructure. Exclusions (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), the following are not offshore electricity transmission infrastructure: (a) an infrastructure facility within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; (b) a facility within the meaning of Schedule 3 to that Act; (c) fixed or tethered infrastructure for the purpose of exploring for minerals (within the meaning of the Offshore Minerals Act 1994) or recovery of minerals (within the meaning of that Act); (d) a cable: (i) that is laid on or beneath the seabed that lies beneath the Commonwealth offshore area; and (ii) that is not connected to any place in Australia; and (iii) that is not connected to anything else in, or inside the inner limits of, the Commonwealth offshore area; (e) any infrastructure, structure or installation of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

Note: See also section 309 (pre‑existing infrastructure).