Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 - SECT 15A

Disapplication of State occupational health and safety laws

15A. Disapplication of State occupational health and safety laws



(1) The prescribed occupational health and safety laws do not apply in
relation to-

   (a)  a facility; or

   (b)  a person at a facility; or

   (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) A reference in subsection (1) to the prescribed occupational health and
safety laws is a reference to such of the provisions of those laws that, but
for subsection (1), would apply in the adjacent area by virtue of section 57
of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 or the co-operative scheme
within the meaning of the Crimes at Sea Act 1999.

(3) In this section-

facility has the same meaning as in Schedule 7; prescribed occupational health
and safety laws mean any laws of the State relating to occupational health and
safety (whether or not they also relate to other matters) that are prescribed
by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(4) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in section 57 of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 or the Crimes at Sea Act 1999.

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