requirements are relevant to the activities of a petroleum titleholder the Environment Plan must describe the requirements and provide appropriate control measures to ensure that these requirements will be met. If no section 316 plan of management exists, section 318 refers to consideration of the Australian World Heritage management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). Any Commonwealth legislative requirement under the EPBC Act or any other Act that is relevant to the environmental management of a titleholder's activity is similarly captured through the requirements of the OPGGS(E) Regulations By placing the above obligations on titleholders the OPGGS(E) Regulations facilitate protection of the outstanding universal values of World Heritage properties and ensure that those values persist. NOPSEMA Responsibilities: Mechanisms to ensure NOPSEMA’s responsibilities are met: With particular reference to World Heritage properties, Section 318 of the Section 318 of the EPBC Act EPBC Act requires that a Commonwealth requires that a agency must not authorise any person to Commonwealth agency must do anything that may contravene a plan not authorise any person to do made under Section 316 for management anything that may contravene of a World Heritage property. If there is a plan made under Section no section 316 plan, a Commonwealth 316 for management of a agency must take all reasonable steps to World Heritage property. If no ensure that acts relating to the property plan made under Section 316 are not inconsistent with the Australian exists, a Commonwealth World Heritage management principles agency must take all (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). These reasonable steps to ensure responsibilities ensure that Australia’s that acts relating to a property obligations under the World Heritage are not inconsistent with the Convention and the Australian World Australian World Heritage Heritage management principles are met. management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC The OPGGS(E) Regulations contain clear Regulations). As a acceptance criteria against which Commonwealth statutory NOPSEMA must assess all Environment authority, NOPSEMA must Plans. NOPSEMA must not accept an comply with this requirement. Environment Plan that does not meet these criteria. In particular NOPSEMA will Regulation 10A(f) of the not accept an Environment Plan that OPGGS(E) Regulations ensure involves the activity or part of the activity, that NOPSEMA will not accept other than arrangements for an Environment Plan that
requirements are relevant to the activities of a petroleum titleholder the Environment Plan must describe the requirements and provide appropriate control measures to ensure that these requirements will be met. If no section 316 plan of management exists, section 318 refers to consideration of the Australian World Heritage management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). Any Commonwealth legislative requirement under the EPBC Act or any other Act that is relevant to the environmental management of a titleholder's activity is similarly captured through the requirements of the OPGGS(E) Regulations By placing the above obligations on titleholders the OPGGS(E) Regulations facilitate protection of the outstanding universal values of World Heritage properties and ensure that those values persist. NOPSEMA Responsibilities: With particular reference to World Heritage properties, Section 318 of the EPBC Act requires that a Commonwealth agency must not authorise any person to do anything that may contravene a plan made under Section 316 for management of a World Heritage property. If there is no section 316 plan, a Commonwealth agency must take all reasonable steps to ensure that acts relating to the property are not inconsistent with the Australian World Heritage management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). These responsibilities ensure that Australia’s obligations under the World Heritage Convention and the Australian World Heritage management principles are met. The OPGGS(E) Regulations contain clear acceptance criteria against which NOPSEMA must assess all Environment Plans. NOPSEMA must not accept an Environment Plan that does not meet these criteria. In particular NOPSEMA will not accept an Environment Plan that involves the activity or part of the activity, other than arrangements for Mechanisms to ensure NOPSEMA’s responsibilities are met: Section 318 of the EPBC Act requires that a Commonwealth agency must not authorise any person to do anything that may contravene a plan made under Section 316 for management of a World Heritage property. If no plan made under Section 316 exists, a Commonwealth agency must take all reasonable steps to ensure that acts relating to a property are not inconsistent with the Australian World Heritage management principles (Schedule 5, EPBC Regulations). As a Commonwealth statutory authority, NOPSEMA must comply with this requirement. Regulation 10A(f) of the OPGGS(E) Regulations ensure that NOPSEMA will not accept an Environment Plan that
streamlining_offshore_petroleum_environmental_approvals_program_report.docx