Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021
153Offshore Infrastructure Registrar
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153 Offshore Infrastructure Registrar
(1) There is to be an Offshore Infrastructure Registrar.
Note: The Offshore Infrastructure Registrar is referred to in this Act as the Registrar (see the definition of Registrar in section 8).
(2) The Offshore Infrastructure Registrar is to be a person who is: (a) an SES employee in any Department of State of the Commonwealth; and (b) appointed in a written instrument made by the Secretary. National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator may be appointed (3) The Secretary may, under paragraph (2)(b), appoint the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator to be the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar.
Note: The office of National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator is established by section 695A of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
(4) If the Secretary does so: (a) a reference in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to the functions or powers of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator does not include the functions or powers of the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar; and (b) a reference in this Act to the functions or powers of the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar does not include the functions or powers of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator.