130Making a protection zone application

130 Making a protection zone application

Application for the Regulator to make a protection zone determination (1) A person may apply to the Regulator, in accordance with this Division, for the Regulator to make a protection zone determination in relation to offshore renewable energy infrastructure or offshore electricity transmission infrastructure that has been, or is proposed to be, installed in the Commonwealth offshore area under a licence. Application for the Regulator to vary or revoke a protection zone determination (2) If a protection zone determination is in force as a result of an application under subsection (1), the person who made that application may apply to the Regulator, in accordance with this Division, for the Regulator to vary or revoke the determination.

Note: The Regulator’s power to make a protection zone determination includes a power to vary or revoke a protection zone determination (see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

Protection zone application (3) For the purposes of this instrument, an application under subsection (1) or (2) is a protection zone application.