Gas and Petroleum Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 163 Gas Act 1965 Petroleum Act 1923 GAS AND PETROLEUM LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF GAS REGULATION 1989 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of sch 3 (Authorised pipes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF PETROLEUM REGULATION 1966 5 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Amendment of sch 3 (Pipeline licences—ss 69(2)(a) and 70 and part 8 of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

s1 2 s3 Gas and Petroleum Legislation Amendment No. 163, 1999 (No. 1) PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Gas and Petroleum Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 . PART 2—AMENDMENT OF GAS REGULATION 1989 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 2 2. This part amends the Gas Regulation 1989 . ˙ Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) 3.(1) Section 5, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Definitions ’. (2) Section 5, definition “the Act”— omit. (3) Section 5— insert— ‘ “cultural resource” , for schedule 3, means a place or object that has anthropological, archaeological, historical, scientific, spiritual or sociological significance or value, including significance or value under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom. “significant plant” , for schedule 3, means a plant species or community of plants that— (a) is rare, vulnerable or endangered; or (b) the chief executive decides has conservational, educational, historical, recreational or scientific value.’.

s4 3 s4 Gas and Petroleum Legislation Amendment No. 163, 1999 (No. 1) (4) Section 5, definition “AS”, ‘the Standards Association of Australia’— omit, insert— ‘Standards Australia’. ˙ Amendment of sch 3 (Authorised pipes) 4.(1) Schedule 3, section 6(13)— omit. (2) Schedule 3, section 7(14)— omit. (3) Schedule 3— insert— ‘ Allgas Energy Ltd—Moura ‘ 8.(1) Allgas Energy Ltd ACN 009 656 446 ( “Allgas” ) is authorised to construct and maintain a pipe to supply gas to the nitrates facility of Queensland Nitrates Pty Ltd ACN 078 889 268 located off Three Chain Road approximately 6 km east of Moura. ‘ (2) The pipe must be constructed along the route shown on drawing no. DD948/10 Rev. B 1 — • from the junction point, shown on the drawing as KMP 3.7, on the BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd ACN 009 713 875 coal seam gas pipeline located along Three Chain Road • for approximately 1.1 km to the meter station in the premises of Queensland Nitrates Pty Ltd ACN 078 889 268 on lot 4 on SP101809 in the parish of Moura, county of Ferguson. ‘ (3) Allgas must acquire title to, or other right to use, the land on, over or under which the pipe is to be constructed. ‘ (4) The pipe must be designed, constructed and maintained— 1 The drawing is available for inspection free of charge at the department’s office at 61 Mary Street, Brisbane.

s4 4 s4 Gas and Petroleum Legislation Amendment No. 163, 1999 (No. 1) (a) in accordance with AS 1697 (as far as it applies to gas distribution pipelines) and AS 2885, parts 1 to 3; 2 and (b) in a way consistent with the mitigative measures in the draft environmental management plan in the Queensland Ammonium Nitrate Project Impact Assessment Study, volume 1, appendix E. 3 ‘ (5) The pipe must be made of steel complying with ASTM A 53 grade B or ASTM A 106 grade B. 4 ‘ (6) The pipe must have an outside diameter of 88.9 mm. ‘ (7) The maximum allowable operating pressure of the pipe is 15.3 MPa. ‘ (8) Along the route of the pipe, above ground warning signs complying with AS 2885 must be installed— (a) on each side of a road that the pipe crosses; and (b) at least every 250 m along the pipe. ‘ (9) Before starting to construct the pipe, Allgas must— (a) inspect the route of the pipe to identify— (i) any cultural resources; and (ii) any locally or regionally significant plants; and (b) give the chief executive a report detailing— (i) the inspections mentioned in paragraph (a); and (ii) proposed procedures for managing the protection of identified resources or plants. ‘ (10) The inspection mentioned in subsection 9(a)(i) must be carried out 2 AS 1697 Gas transmission and distribution systems AS 2885 Pipelines–Gas and liquid petroleum 3 The plan is available for inspection free of charge at the department’s office at 61 Mary Street, Brisbane. 4 ASTM A 53 Specification for pipe, steel, black and hot-dipped, zinc-coated welded and seamless ASTM A 106 Specification for seamless carbon steel pipe for high-temperature service

s5 5 s6 Gas and Petroleum Legislation Amendment No. 163, 1999 (No. 1) in a way decided by the chief executive. ‘ (11) Allgas must, within 3 months after the pipe is commissioned, give the chief executive drawings showing— (a) the surveyed route of the pipe in relation to property boundaries, buildings and other structures, easements and road reserves; and (b) a description of the land on, over or under which the pipe has been constructed; and (c) where the pipe is buried—the pipe’s depth of cover, at 100 m intervals along the pipe. ‘ (12) Open access provisions apply to the pipe, to the extent they are relevant, from the day open access arrangements for the gas distribution sector are implemented under the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act1998 . ‘ (13) This authority lapses if the pipe is not constructed and commissioned for operation by 31 December 1999. ‘ (14) In this section— “ASTM” means an American Society for Testing and Materials standard.’. PART 3—AMENDMENT OF PETROLEUM REGULATION 1966 ˙ Regulation amended in pt 3 5. This part amends the Petroleum Regulation 1966 . ˙ Amendment of sch 3 (Pipeline licences—ss 69(2)(a) and 70 and part 8 of the Act) 6. Schedule 3— insert— ‘Pipeline licence no. 4 (Silver Springs to Wallumbilla)

s6 6 s6 Gas and Petroleum Legislation Amendment No. 163, 1999 (No. 1) Proposed pipeline licence no. 58 (Downlands to the Silver Springs to Wallumbilla pipeline)’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 8 July 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 9 July 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Mines and Energy. © State of Queensland 1999