Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 - SECT 14

PART II APPLICATION OF LAWS

Modification of the applied provisions

14. Modification of the applied provisions



(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 57 of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984, the regulations may provide that such
of the provisions which apply in the adjacent area by virtue of section 57 of
the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 as are specified in the
regulations-

   (a)  do not apply; or

   (b)  apply with such modifications as are specified in the regulations-

to or in relation to, acts, omissions, matters, circumstances or things
touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the exploration of the
sea-bed or subsoil of the adjacent area for petroleum or the exploitation of
the natural resources, being petroleum, of that sea-bed or subsoil.

(2) Without limiting the operation of subsection (1) or of regulations under
that subsection, the following shall, for the purposes of that subsection and
of any such regulations, be deemed to be acts, omissions, matters,
circumstances or things of the kind referred to in that subsection-

   (a)  any-

   (i)  act or omission that takes place in, on, above, below or in the
        vicinity of; or

   (ii) matter, circumstance or thing that exists or arises with respect to or
        in connexion with- a vessel, aircraft, structure or installation, or
        equipment or other property, that is in the adjacent area for any
        reason touching, concerning, arising out of or connected with the
        exploration of the sea-bed or subsoil of the adjacent area for
        petroleum or the exploitation of the natural resources, being
        petroleum, of that sea-bed or subsoil;

   (b)  any act or omission of, or matter or circumstance concerning, a person
        who-

   (i)  is in the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in
        paragraph (a); or

   (ii) is in, on, above, below or in the vicinity of a vessel, aircraft,
        structure or installation, or equipment or other property, that is in
        the adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph
        (a); or

   (c)  any act or omission of, or matter or circumstance concerning, a person
        in respect of carrying on any operation or doing any work in the
        adjacent area for a reason of the kind referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) For the purposes of this section, modification includes the omission or
addition of a provision or the substitution of a provision for another
provision.