Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
73When a well operations management plan is in force
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73 When a well operations management plan is in force
(1) A well operations management plan (including a revised plan required under Division 4) is in force if:
(a) the plan has been accepted by NOPSEMA under Division 3; and
(b) the acceptance of the plan has not been withdrawn by NOPSEMA under Division 5; and
(c) the plan has not ceased to be in force under subsection (2).
(2) A well operations management plan ceases to be in force under this subsection if:
(a) the titleholder permanently abandons the well or wells covered by the plan; and
(b) the titleholder gives NOPSEMA a written report of:
(i) the process that was carried out in abandoning the well or wells; and
(ii) the outcome of that process; and
(c) NOPSEMA notifies the titleholder in writing that NOPSEMA is reasonably satisfied that the process of abandoning the well or wells has been carried out in accordance with the well operations management plan.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), if a well operations management plan (including a revised plan required under Division 4) has been accepted in part by NOPSEMA under Division 3, the plan is taken to include only that part accepted by NOPSEMA.