Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
208Directions by responsible Commonwealth Minister
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208 Directions by responsible Commonwealth Minister
(1) The responsible Commonwealth Minister may, by written notice given to the Joint Authority, give the Joint Authority a direction in relation to the exercise by the Joint Authority of a power conferred on the Joint Authority by this Part in relation to: (a) a specified application for an infrastructure licence, where any of the infrastructure facilities to which the licence relates is an infrastructure facility as a result of subsection 15(3); or (b) a specified infrastructure licence, where any of the infrastructure facilities to which the licence relates is an infrastructure facility as a result of subsection 15(3). (2) The Joint Authority must comply with a direction under subsection (1). (3) A direction under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.