Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2024 (WA)

Western Australia

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2024

Western Australia

Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2024 Contents Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2024

Made by the deputy of the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2024.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

• (a)

  regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

• (b)

  the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2024 Part 4 Division 1 Subdivision 1 comes into operation.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987.

4.Regulation 2AA amended

• (1)

  In regulation 2AA insert in alphabetical order:

   

hydraulic fracturing has the meaning given in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Hydraulic Fracturing) Regulations 2017 regulation 3;

petroleum activity has the meaning given in the PGER Environment Regulations regulation 4;

PGER Environment Regulations means the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Environment) Regulations 2012.

• (2)

  In regulation 2AA in the definition of Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996 delete “time.” and insert:

   

time;

5.Regulation 2C amended

• (1)

  In regulation 2C(1) delete the definitions of:

hydraulic fracturing

petroleum activity

PGER Environment Regulations

• (2)

  In regulation 2C(1) in the definition of existing petroleum authority area delete “regulation 3A;” and insert:

   

regulation 3A.

6.Part 2B inserted

After regulation 3D insert:

Part 2B — Restricted decisions (Act s. 41)

3E. Application of Part

This Part applies for the purposes of the definition of restricted decision in section 41(1A) of the Act.

3F. Term used: petroleum activity involving hydraulic fracturing

In this Part —

petroleum activity involving hydraulic fracturing —

• (a)

  means a petroleum activity that is or includes hydraulic fracturing; and

• (b)

  includes a proposed activity and any stage of an activity.

3G. Hydraulic fracturing

A decision is a restricted decision if it —

• (a)

  relates to a petroleum activity involving hydraulic fracturing; and

• (b)

  is made under any of the following provisions —

  • (i)

    the PGER Environment Regulations regulations 10, 11, 12, 22 and 23;

  • (ii)

    the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2015 regulations 13, 16, 44, 47, 51 and 59;

  • (iii)

    the Petroleum Pipelines (Environment) Regulations 2012 regulations 10, 11, 12, 22 and 23;

  • (iv)

    the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Environment) Regulations 2012 regulations 10, 11, 12, 22 and 23;

  • (v)

    the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2015 regulations 13, 16, 21, 44, 47, 51 and 59.

3H. Planning and development

• (1)

  In this regulation —

enabling Act,original jurisdiction, review jurisdiction and Tribunal have the meanings given in the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 section 3(1);

planning legislation means any of the following —

• (a)

  the Community Titles Act 2018;

• (b)

  the Forrest Place and City Station Development Act 1985;

• (c)

  the Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000;

• (d)

  the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011;

• (e)

  the Perry Lakes Redevelopment Act 2005;

• (f)

  the Planning and Development Act 2005;

• (g)

  the Port Authorities Act 1999;

• (h)

  the Strata Titles Act 1985;

• (i)

  the Swan and Canning Rivers Management Act 2006 Part 5;

• (j)

  the Swan Valley Planning Act 2020;

• (k)

  without limiting the application of the Interpretation Act 1984 section 46(1) to paragraphs (a) to (j), a plan or scheme referred to in paragraph (c), (d), (f), (g), (i) or (j) of the definition of scheme in section 3(1) of the Act.

• (2)

  A decision made under planning legislation is a restricted decision.

• (3)

  A decision of the Tribunal is a restricted decision if —

  • (a)

    the enabling Act in respect of the decision is planning legislation (or a portion of planning legislation); or

  • (b)

    the decision otherwise relates to —

    • (i)

      a decision of another public authority made under planning legislation (including in a case where the other public authority is taken to have made the decision); or

    • (ii)

      a failure or omission by another public authority to make a decision under planning legislation.

• (4)

  Subregulation (3) applies whether the Tribunal is acting —

  • (a)

    in the exercise of its original jurisdiction or review jurisdiction; or

  • (b)

    in any other case.

• (5)

  Subregulation (3) does not limit the application of subregulation (2) to decisions of the Tribunal.

   

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council