Signatures fact sheet
How to sign and execute NOPTA forms and instruments
Version date: April 2025
Guidance on how to sign and execute NOPTA forms and instruments of transfer. Information on electronic signatures is included.
This relates to activity under the:
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025 (RMA Regulations).
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New version takes effect 31 March 2026
The below revised version takes effect on 31 March when the remade RMA Regulations 2025 commence:
Summary
Australian and foreign companies must sign and execute forms and instruments of transfer in the specified way. This ensures the person signing forms is authorised to take actions on behalf of the company.
Learn:
- who can sign and execute forms and instruments
- how to complete the form
- how to execute forms using electronic signatures and what tools you can use.
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