150XISafety Authority may be given additional powers in certain circumstances

#### 150XI Safety Authority may be given additional powers in certain circumstances States or Northern Territory may empower Safety Authority to exercise powers in other places and circumstances (1) If a law of a State or of the Northern Territory provides for the Safety Authority, or members of the staff of the Safety Authority, to exercise powers, on or after 1 January 2005, in relation to the occupational health and safety of persons who do work in connection with exploration for petroleum or the recovery, processing, storage, offloading or piped conveyance of petroleum: (a) in waters of the sea: (i) that are landward of the baseline of Australia’s territorial sea adjacent to the State or Territory; and (ii) that are not designated coastal waters of the State or Territory; or (b) within the limits of the State or Territory, including internal waters of that State or Territory; the Safety Authority and those members of staff may exercise those powers in those waters or in that State or Territory but are not obliged to do so. (2) A law of a State or of the Northern Territory that confers powers on the Safety Authority or on the staff of the Safety Authority in accordance with subsection (1) may only provide for the exercise of those powers in respect of a vessel or structure (however described): (a) that is involved in one or more of the activities referred to in subsection (1); and (b) that is owned or controlled, or that is being constructed, operated or decommissioned, by a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies. Must be agreement as to fees payable to support Safety Authority’s provision of services (3) Neither the Safety Authority nor members of the staff of the Safety Authority can exercise powers in a place referred to in subsection (1) unless there is agreement between the Commonwealth and the State or Territory concerned as to the fees payable by the State or Territory to the Safety Authority, on behalf of the Commonwealth, for the exercise of those powers.