Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 (Qld)

Queensland Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 Subordinate Legislation 2010 No. 142 made under the Petroleum Act 1923 Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 Contents Part 1 1 Part 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Part 3 9 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 31 (Notice of intention to drill a petroleum well or bore) ....................................... 3 Amendment of s 32 (Notice of completion, alteration or abandonment of petroleum well or bore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Omission of s 35 (Well proposal report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 37 (Well completion report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 51 (Confidentiality of required information for petroleum tenure holders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Part 5 Transitional provision for the Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 169 Confidentiality period for required information lodged before commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 Contents 10 Amendment of s 16 (Notice of intention to drill a well or bore [P&G, s 31]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Amendment of s 17 (Notice of completion, alteration or abandonment of well or bore [P&G, s 32]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Omission of s 20 (Well proposal report [P&G, s 35]) . . . . . . . . . . 13 Amendment of s 22 (Well completion report [P&G, s 37]) . . . . . . 14 Amendment of s 35 (Confidentiality of required information for 1923 Act petroleum tenure holders [P&G, s 51]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 3 Transitional provision for the Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 50 Confidentiality period for required information lodged before commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 Page 2 2010 SL No. 142

Part 1 Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 . Part 2 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 2 Regulation amended This part amends the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004. 3 Amendment of s 31 (Notice of intention to drill a petroleum well or bore) Section 31(1) and (2)— omit, insert— ‘(1) The holder of a petroleum tenure must, at least 5 business days before starting to drill a petroleum well or bore, lodge a notice stating that the well or bore is to be drilled. ‘(2) The notice must— (a) be lodged electronically using the system for submission of notices made or approved by the chief executive and available on the department’s website; and (b) be in the digital form made or approved by the chief executive; and (c) for a notice about a petroleum well—state a proposed identifying name for the petroleum well.’. 2010 SL No. 142 Page 3

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 Part 2 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 [s 4] 4 Amendment of s 32 (Notice of completion, alteration or abandonment of petroleum well or bore) Section 32(4)(a) and (b)— omit, insert— ‘(a) be lodged electronically using the system for submission of notices made or approved by the chief executive and available on the department’s website; and (b) be in the digital form made or approved by the chief executive.’. 5 Omission of s 35 (Well proposal report) Section 35— omit. 6 Amendment of s 37 (Well completion report) Section 37(3)— insert— ‘(v) the tenure holder’s reasons for choosing the location of the well.’. 7 Amendment of s 51 (Confidentiality of required information for petroleum tenure holders) (1) Section 51(2)(a) and (b)— omit, insert— ‘(a) for an annual report required to be lodged under section 552 of the Act—the day that is 5 years after the last day of the period to which the report relates;’. (2) Section 51(2)(c) to (j)— renumber as section 51(2)(b) to (i). Page 4 2010 SL No. 142

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 Part 3 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 [s 8] 8 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 5 Chapter 7— insert— ‘Part 5 Transitional provision for the Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 ‘169 Confidentiality period for required information lodged before commencement ‘(1) This section applies to required information for a petroleum tenure if the required information is lodged before the commencement of this section. ‘(2) Despite section 51(4), the confidentiality period for the required information is the confidentiality period mentioned in section 51(2) of the pre-amended regulation. ‘(3) In this section— pre-amended regulation means this regulation as in force immediately before the commencement.’. Part 3 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 9 Regulation amended This part amends the Petroleum Regulation 2004. 10 Amendment of s 16 (Notice of intention to drill a well or bore [P&G, s 31]) Section 16(1) and (2)— 2010 SL No. 142 Page 5

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 Part 3 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 [s 11] omit, insert— ‘(1) A 1923 Act petroleum tenure holder must, at least 5 business days before starting to drill a well or bore, lodge a notice stating that the well or bore is to be drilled. ‘(2) The notice must— (a) be lodged electronically using the system for submission of notices made or approved by the chief executive and available on the department’s website; and (b) be in the digital form made or approved by the chief executive; and (c) for a notice about a well—state a proposed identifying name for the well.’. 11 Amendment of s 17 (Notice of completion, alteration or abandonment of well or bore [P&G, s 32]) Section 17(4)(a) and (b)— omit, insert— ‘(a) be lodged electronically using the system for submission of notices made or approved by the chief executive and available on the department’s website; and (b) be in the digital form made or approved by the chief executive.’. 12 Omission of s 20 (Well proposal report [P&G, s 35]) Section 20— omit. 13 Amendment of s 22 (Well completion report [P&G, s 37]) Section 22(3)— insert— Page 6 2010 SL No. 142

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 Part 3 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 [s 14] ‘(v) the tenure holder’s reasons for choosing the location of the well.’. 14 Amendment of s 35 (Confidentiality of required information for 1923 Act petroleum tenure holders [P&G, s 51]) (1) Section 35(2)(a) and (b)— omit. (2) Section 35(2)(c) to (j)— renumber as section 35(2)(a) to (h). 15 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 3 Chapter 4— insert— ‘Part 3 Transitional provision for the Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 ‘50 Confidentiality period for required information lodged before commencement ‘(1) This section applies to required information for a 1923 Act petroleum tenure if the required information is lodged before the commencement of this section. ‘(2) Despite section 35(4), the confidentiality period for the required information is the confidentiality period mentioned in section 35(2) of the pre-amended regulation. ‘(3) In this section— pre-amended regulation means this regulation as in force immediately before the commencement of this section.’. 2010 SL No. 142 Page 7

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2010 ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 24 June 2010. 2 Notified in the gazette on 25 June 2010. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. © State of Queensland 2010 Page 8 2010 SL No. 142