Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Bills

Energy and Public Land Legislation Amendment (Enabling Offshore Wind Energy) Bill 2024

Introduction and first reading

Lily D’AMBROSIO (Mill Park – Minister for Climate Action, Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister for the State Electricity Commission) (12:07): I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Land Act 1958, the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 and the Forests Act 1958 to enable licences over public land to be granted for up to 21 years for purposes relating to offshore wind energy generation, to include offshore wind energy generation companies within the scope of certain provisions in the National Parks Act 1975 and to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2000 to enable the minister to declare persons to be offshore wind energy generation companies and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

James NEWBURY (Brighton) (12:08): I seek a brief explanation of the bill.

Lily D’AMBROSIO (Mill Park – Minister for Climate Action, Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister for the State Electricity Commission) (12:08): The bill will amend land legislation to allow offshore wind developers to obtain long-term tenure over public land for offshore electricity infrastructure and the Electricity Safety Act 1998 to explicitly allow the installation of electric line on public land for offshore electricity infrastructure.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.