52Licence may permit construction in offshore area

52 Licence may permit construction in offshore area S. 52(1) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 12.2). (1) Despite anything to the contrary in the **Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010**, a licence may permit the construction of a pipeline in the area defined as the offshore area in that Act if that construction is part of a single directional drilling operation commencing on land in Victoria that is outside the offshore area. S. 52(2) amended by No. 10/2010 s. 800(Sch. 6 item 12.3). (2) Despite anything to the contrary in the **Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010**, a licence is not required under that Act for the construction in the offshore area of any part of a pipeline that is permitted to be constructed under a licence under this Act. S. 52(3) inserted by No. 26/2021 s. 44. (3) Despite anything to the contrary in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth, a licence may permit the construction of a pipeline in the cross‑boundary offshore area if that construction is part of a single directional drilling operation commencing on land in Victoria that is outside the offshore area within the meaning of that Act. S. 52(4) inserted by No. 26/2021 s. 44. (4) Despite anything to the contrary in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth, a licence is not required under that Act for the construction in the cross‑boundary offshore area of any part of a pipeline that is permitted to be constructed under a licence under this Act. S. 52(5) inserted by No. 26/2021 s. 44. (5) In this section— ***cross‑boundary offshore area*** means any part of the Commonwealth defined offshore area that but for section 296B, 333A or 378A would be included in the offshore area.