80Application of State and Territory laws in offshore areas

#### 80 Application of State and Territory laws in offshore areas (1) The laws in force in a State or Territory (other than laws of the Commonwealth) apply, as provided by this section, as laws of the Commonwealth in the offshore area of that State or Territory as if that area were: (a) part of that State or Territory; and (b) part of the Commonwealth. > Note 1: See also sections 81 to 89. > Note 2: The offshore area of a State or Territory is defined by section 8. (2) For the purposes of this Act, the provisions of laws applied under subsection (1) are to be known as the applied provisions. (3) Subsection (1) has effect subject to: (a) this Act; and (b) the regulations. (4) The laws referred to in subsection (1) apply in relation to acts, omissions, matters, circumstances and things touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with: (a) exploring the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area for petroleum, and exploiting the petroleum which occurs as a natural resource of that seabed or subsoil; or (b) the conveyance of petroleum (wherever recovered) across the offshore area; or (c) exploring the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area for a potential greenhouse gas storage formation or a potential greenhouse gas injection site; or (d) the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area; or (e) the storage of a greenhouse gas substance in the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area; or (f) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance across the offshore area. (5) The laws referred to in subsection (1) apply: (a) to and in relation to: (i) an act or omission that takes place in, on, above, below or in the vicinity of; and (ii) a matter, circumstance or thing that exists or arises in relation to or in connection with; a vessel, aircraft, structure or installation, or equipment or other property, that is in the offshore area for any reason touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with: (iii) exploring the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area for petroleum, or exploiting the petroleum which occurs as a natural resource of that seabed or subsoil; or (iv) the conveyance of petroleum (wherever recovered) across the offshore area; or (v) exploring the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area for a potential greenhouse gas storage formation or a potential greenhouse gas injection site; or (vi) the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area; or (vii) the storage of a greenhouse gas substance in the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area; or (viii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance across the offshore area; and (b) to and in relation to a person who: (i) is in the offshore area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); or (ii) is in, on, above, below or in the vicinity of a vessel, aircraft, structure or installation, or equipment or other property, that is in the offshore area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) to and in relation to a person in relation to: (i) the carrying on by the person of any operation; or (ii) the doing by the person of any work; in the offshore area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a). (6) Subsection (5) does not limit subsection (4). (7) For the purposes of this section, a law is taken to be a law in force in a State or Territory even though that law applies to part only of that State or Territory.