Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2021
10Operations must not continue if new or increased environmental risk identified
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10 Operations must not continue if new or increased environmental risk identified
(1) A titleholder must not undertake an activity after the occurrence of any significant new environmental impact or risk, or any significant increase in an existing environmental impact or risk, arising from the activity if the environment plan in force for the activity does not provide for—
(a) the new impact or risk; or
(b) the increase in the impact or risk.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the titleholder in relation to an activity if the titleholder submits a proposed variation of the environment plan in accordance with regulation 20 and the Minister has not refused to accept the variation.