63Disapplication of State occupational health and safety laws

63 Disapplication of State occupational health and safety laws

(1) The prescribed occupational health and safety laws do not apply in relation to—

(a) a facility; or

(b) a person at a facility; or

(c) a person near a facility, to the extent to which the person is affected by—

(i) a facility; or

(ii) activities that take place at a facility; or

(d) activities that take place at a facility.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to the prescribed occupational health and safety laws is a reference to such of the provisions of those laws that, but for subsection (1), would apply in the offshore area by virtue of section 57 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 or the cooperative scheme within the meaning of the Crimes at Sea Act 1999.

facility has the same meaning as in Schedule 3;

prescribed occupational health and safety laws mean any laws of the State relating to occupational health and safety (whether or not they also relate to other matters) that are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(4) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in section 57 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 or the Crimes at Sea Act 1999.