Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009

  The object of these Regulations is to ensure that any petroleum activity or greenhouse gas storage activity carried out in an offshore area is:

 

                (a)    carried out in a manner consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and

 

               (b)    carried out in accordance with an environmental plan that has:

 

                          (i)    appropriate environmental performance objectives and standards; and

 

                         (ii)    measurement criteria for determining whether the objectives and standards have been met.

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