150XBDefinitions

#### 150XB Definitions In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears: > Board means the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority Board established by section 150XL. > Board member means a member of the Board, and includes the Chair of the Board. > CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Safety Authority. > Commonwealth waters means the waters of the sea that comprise the adjacent areas of each State and of each Territory. > designated coastal waters, in relation to a State or the Northern Territory, has the meaning given by section 150XC. > facility means: (a) a facility (within the meaning of Schedule 7 to this Act as in force on or after 1 January 2005) located in Commonwealth waters; or (b) a facility (within the meaning of the provisions of a State or Territory PSLA that substantially correspond to Schedule 7 of this Act as in force on or after 1 January 2005) located in the designated coastal waters of the State or of the Northern Territory, as the case may be. In applying this definition before 1 January 2005, assume that Schedule 7, and the provisions of a State or Territory PSLA that substantially correspond to Schedule 7 of this Act as in force on or after 1 January 2005, had commenced at the same time as the commencement of this section. > offshore petroleum operations means any operations (including diving operations) that: (a) relate to: (i) the exploration for petroleum; or (ii) the recovery, processing, storage, offloading or piped conveyance of petroleum; and (b) if the operations are diving operations—take place in Safety Authority waters; and (c) if the operations are not diving operations—take place: (i) in Safety Authority waters; and (ii) at a facility. > OHS inspector means a person appointed as an OHS inspector under section 150YL. > operation includes an activity to which the core regulatory provisions of a State or Territory PSLA apply. For this purpose, the core regulatory provisions are the provisions that substantially correspond to Part III of this Act. > responsible Northern Territory Minister means the Minister of the Northern Territory who is responsible for the Territory PSLA. > responsible State Minister, in relation to a State, means the Minister of that State who is responsible for the State PSLA. > Safety Authority means the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority established by section 150XD. > Safety Authority waters means: (a) Commonwealth waters; and (b) the designated coastal waters of each State and of the Northern Territory. > Safety Levies Act means the Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Act 2003. > section 140H OHS laws means the laws designated as section 140H OHS laws under subsection 140H(2). > staff, in relation to the Safety Authority, includes, for the purposes of sections 150XI and 150YP, a person who is appointed as an OHS inspector under this Part, whether or not that person is engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 for the purposes of subsection 150YH(1). > State PSLA means: (a) in relation to New South Wales—the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 of that State; or (b) in relation to Victoria—the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 of that State; or (c) in relation to Queensland—the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 of that State; or (d) in relation to Western Australia—the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 of that State; or (e) in relation to South Australia—the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 of that State; or (f) in relation to Tasmania—the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 of that State. > Territory PSLA means the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act of the Northern Territory.