Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
245Field development plan accepted before commencement day
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245 Field development plan accepted before commencement day
Field development plan accepted under old regulations
(1) If a field development plan or a variation of a field development plan:
(a) was accepted by the Joint Authority under the old regulations; and
(b) was in force immediately before the commencement day;
then the plan, or plan as varied, is taken to be an accepted field development plan under this instrument.
(2) The accepted field development plan is taken to have been accepted by the Joint Authority on the day it was accepted by the Joint Authority under the old regulations.
(3) If the field development plan or variation of a field development plan was accepted by the Joint Authority, subject to conditions, under the old regulations, then the accepted field development plan is taken to have been accepted by the Joint Authority, subject to those conditions:
(a) for a field development plan accepted under the old regulations—under section 43 of this instrument; or
(b) for a variation of a field development plan accepted under the old regulations—under section 48 of this instrument.
Field development plan accepted before commencement of old regulations
(4) If, immediately before the commencement day, a field development plan was in force for a field because of subregulation 4.16(1) of the old regulations, the field development plan is taken to be an accepted field development plan under this instrument.