PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 150H
PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 150H
(1) The Board has the
following functions:
(a) to
give advice, and make recommendations, to the CEO about the operational
policies and strategies to be followed by the Safety Authority in the
performance of its functions;
(b) to
give advice, and make recommendations, to—
(i)
the Minister; and
(ii)
the Commonwealth Minister; and
(iii)
interstate Ministers; and
(iv)
the body known as the Ministerial Council on Mineral and
Petroleum Resources,
about either or both of the following:
(v)
policy or strategic matters relating to the occupational
health and safety of persons engaged in offshore petroleum operations;
(vi)
the performance by the Safety Authority of its functions;
(c) any
other functions specified in a written notice given by the
Commonwealth Minister to the Chair of the Board.
(2) As soon as
practicable after the Board gives advice, or makes recommendations, under
subsection (1)(b) to—
(a) the
Minister; or
(b) an
interstate Minister; or
(c) the
body known as the Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources,
the Board must give the Commonwealth Minister a written copy of that advice or
those recommendations.