Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981
6ADisapplication of Territory occupational health and safety laws
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6A Disapplication of Territory occupational health and safety laws (1) The prescribed occupational health and safety laws do not apply in relation to: (a) a facility; (b) a person at a facility; (c) a person near a facility, to the extent to which the person is affected by: (i) a facility; or (ii) activities that take place at a facility; or (d) activities that take place at a facility. (2) For subsection (1), a reference to the prescribed occupational health and safety laws is a reference to the provisions of those laws that, if subsection (1) did not apply, would apply in the adjacent area because of the Off-Shore Waters (Application of Territory Laws) Act 1985 or the cooperative scheme within the meaning of the Crimes at Sea Act 2000.
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 12 (3) This section applies despite the Off-Shore Waters (Application of Territory Laws) Act 1985 or Crimes at Sea Act 2000. (4) In this section: facility has the meaning in Schedule 4. prescribed occupational health and safety laws means any laws of the Territory relating to occupational health and safety (whether or not they also relate to other matters) prescribed by the Regulations.