Map offshore-wind, CCS, critical-minerals and Safeguard Mechanism licensing
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Table licensing steps under the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 (Cth), OPGGS greenhouse-gas storage, critical-minerals framework and Safeguard Mechanism.
- What the lawyer must review
- Check, for offshore wind, the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Amendment Regulations 2024 (from 12 December 2024)
- Check the Licence Administration Guideline (January 2026, adding Research and Demonstration licences)
- Check the OPGGS (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025 for CCS
- Check the November 2025 CCS consultation on decommissioning and financial assurance
- Check Clean Energy Regulator Safeguard Mechanism guidance: reformed 1 July 2023; baselines from 2024-25
- Note first SMCs February 2025 and a review due 2026-27; verify every licence, fee and timeline at source that day
- Check, for critical minerals, the US-Australia Framework (20 October 2025) for FIRB and export-control effects
- Written for / version
- Commonwealth versionCth
Rules that apply
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Verify dates, people and sequence against contemporaneous records. Preserve uncertainty and identify gaps or conflicting accounts.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.