Forms and templates

View offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas approval of form and manner instruments signed by the Titles Administrator.

This relates to activities under the:

  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025 (RMA Regulations)
  • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 (RMA Regulations 2011).

Remade RMA Regulations commence March 2026

The remade 2025 RMA Regulations, commence on 31 March 2026.

We have updated the approval of form and manner instruments to reflect the 2025 RMA Regulations. These take effect on 31 March 2026.

Read our FAQs about the transitional arrangements.

To submit valid requests, notices and applications, you must:

  • download and correctly complete the relevant form from this page
  • correctly sign the form. Refer to the Signatures fact sheet
  • submit the form using the approved manner below
  • pay an application fee if required
  • provide all documents and information required by the legislation and regulations
  • submit the application within any required timeframes.

Approved form and manner

The OPGGS Act requires that certain applications, requests and notices be made in an approved form and/or manner.

View the approved forms and approved manner for lodging and executing applications and notices below. These instruments are updated as needed.

Download forms and guidance for the above instruments.

Instruments effective 31 March 2026

Download forms and guidance effective 31 March.

Notifiable instruments

Under the OPGGS Act, you can submit a supplementary instrument using a form that the Titles Administrator has approved, with your application to approve a dealing.

A supplementary instrument is used when the original instrument includes confidential or commercially sensitive information. Its purpose is to enable a person viewing the Titles Register to understand the effect of the dealing while preserving confidentiality.

If you are applying for approval to transfer a title, you must include an instrument of transfer, using the form approved by the Titles Administrator.

The Titles Administrator may change these approved forms from time to time. The latest versions are published as a notifiable instrument on legislation.gov.au:

Acreage release applications

Please submit your application using the manner outlined in the relevant Gazette Notice.

File size limits

Email attachments cannot exceed 10MB in size. If you need to send us larger files, please send them using the NEATS Secure Portal. If you need assistance, please email titles@nopta.gov.au.

Templates

Templates for annual title assessment reports and monthly production reports are on our Reporting templates page.

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