Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 226 made under the Geothermal Energy Act 2010 Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 Mineral Resources Act 1989 Petroleum Act 1923 Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 Part 3 5 6 Part 4 7 8 9 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Geothermal Energy Regulation 2012 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Insertion of new s 82A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 82A Prescribed way for making applications, lodging documents or making submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation 2010 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Insertion of new s 34A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 34A Prescribed way for making applications, lodging documents or making submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of Mineral Resources Regulation 2003 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 11 (Prescribed areas—Act, ss 127 and 133) . . 5 Omission of s 12 (Office where application may be made) . . . . . 5

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Contents 10 11 12 13 Part 5 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Part 6 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Amendment of s 18 (Conditions of mining lease). . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Insertion of new s 79A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 79A Prescribed way for making applications, giving, filing, forwarding or lodging documents or making submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 81 (Particular applications must not be accepted) 6 Amendment of s 82 (Prescribed hours of business) . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of s 9 (Relinquishment report for an authority to prospect [P&G, s 20]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Amendment of s 10 (Relinquishment report for a lease [P&G, s 21]) 8 Amendment of s 11 (End of tenure report [P&G, s 22]) . . . . . . . . 8 Amendment of s 14 (Surrender report for an authority to prospect [P&G, s 28]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Insertion of new s 43A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 43A Prescribed way for making applications, giving or lodging documents or making submissions . . . . . . . . 9 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Amendment of s 20 (Relinquishment report for an authority to prospect) ................................... 10 Amendment of s 21 (Relinquishment report for a petroleum lease) 10 Amendment of s 22 (End of tenure report). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Amendment of s 51 (Confidentiality of required information for petroleum tenure holders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Amendment of s 76 (Application for exemption). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Amendment of s 77 (Notice of application to be given to relevant coal or oil shale mining tenement holder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Insertion of new s 154A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 154A Prescribed way for making applications or giving or lodging documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Amendment of sch 9 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Page 2 2012 SL No. 226

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 7 December 2012. Part 2 Amendment of Geothermal Energy Regulation 2012 3 Regulation amended This part amends the Geothermal Energy Regulation 2012. 4 Insertion of new s 82A After section 82— insert— ‘82A Prescribed way for making applications, lodging documents or making submissions ‘(1) For section 363(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed way for doing any of the following is electronically using the online system on the department’s website— (a) the making of an application; (b) the giving of a document to the Minister or chief executive; (c) the making of a submission. ‘(2) Also, the chief executive may, by notice given to the person making or giving a document mentioned in subsection (1), 2012 SL No. 226 Page 3

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation 2010 [s 5] require the person to lodge a hard copy of the application, document or submission at the place required under section 363(2)(a) of the Act. ‘(3) An application, document or submission lodged electronically after 4.30p.m. on a working day and before 8.30a.m. on the next working day (the later day ) is taken to have been lodged at 8.30a.m. on the later day.’. Part 3 Amendment of Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation 2010 5 Regulation amended This part amends the Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation 2010. 6 Insertion of new s 34A After section 34— insert— ‘34A Prescribed way for making applications, lodging documents or making submissions ‘(1) For section 411(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed way for doing any of the following is electronically using the online system on the department’s website— (a) the making of an application; (b) the giving of a document to the Minister or the chief executive; (c) the making of a submission. ‘(2) Also, the chief executive may, by notice given to the person making or giving a document mentioned in subsection (1), require the person to lodge a hard copy of the application, Page 4 2012 SL No. 226

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 4 Amendment of Mineral Resources Regulation 2003 [s 7] document or submission at the place required under section 411(2)(a) of the Act. ‘(3) An application, document or submission lodged electronically after 4.30p.m. on a working day and before 8.30a.m. on the next working day (the later day ) is taken to have been lodged at 8.30a.m. on the later day.’. Part 4 Amendment of Mineral Resources Regulation 2003 7 Regulation amended This part amends the Mineral Resources Regulation 2003. 8 Amendment of s 11 (Prescribed areas—Act, ss 127 and 133) Section 11, ‘133(1)(h)(iii)’— omit, insert— ‘133(g)(iii)’. 9 Omission of s 12 (Office where application may be made) Section 12— omit. 10 Amendment of s 18 (Conditions of mining lease) Section 18, ‘276(1)(m)’— omit, insert— ‘276(1)(l)’. 2012 SL No. 226 Page 5

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 4 Amendment of Mineral Resources Regulation 2003 [s 11] 11 Insertion of new s 79A Part 12, division 2— insert— ‘79A Prescribed way for making applications, giving, filing, forwarding or lodging documents or making submissions ‘(1) For section 386O(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed way for doing any of the following is electronically using the online system on the department’s website— (a) the making of an application; (b) the giving of a document to the Minister, chief executive or mining registrar; (c) the filing, forwarding or lodging of a document; (d) the making of a submission. ‘(2) Also, the chief executive may, by notice given to the person making, giving, filing, forwarding or lodging a document mentioned in subsection (1), require the person to lodge a hard copy of the application, document or submission at the place required under section 386O(2)(a) of the Act. ‘(3) An application, document or submission lodged electronically after 4.30p.m. on a working day and before 8.30a.m. on the next working day (the later day ) is taken to have been lodged at 8.30a.m. on the later day.’. 12 Amendment of s 81 (Particular applications must not be accepted) (1) Section 81, heading ‘must’— omit, insert— ‘ can ’. (2) Section 81(1) and (2)— omit, insert— ‘(1) An application for a mining tenement can not be accepted if— Page 6 2012 SL No. 226

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 5 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 [s 13] (a) the person stated in the document as the applicant for the mining tenement is not an eligible person; or (b) the land, stated in the document as the land for which the application is made, is unavailable land for the mining tenement for which the application is made; or (c) the document is not in the approved form for an application for the mining tenement; or Note — See, however, the ActsInterpretationAct1954 , section 49 (Forms). (d) the person has not paid the prescribed fee for the application.’. (3) Section 81(3), from ‘subsection (2)’ to ‘a mining tenement,’— omit, insert— ‘subsection (1), an application for a mining tenement can not be accepted,’. (4) Section 81(3) and (4)— renumber as section 81(2) and (3). 13 Amendment of s 82 (Prescribed hours of business) Section 82, ‘a mining registrar’— omit, insert— ‘the chief executive or mining registrar’. Part 5 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 14 Regulation amended This part amends the Petroleum Regulation 2004. 2012 SL No. 226 Page 7

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 5 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 [s 15] 15 Amendment of s 9 (Relinquishment report for an authority to prospect [P&G, s 20]) Section 9(1), ‘75Z(1)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘75Z(b)’. 16 Amendment of s 10 (Relinquishment report for a lease [P&G, s 21]) Section 10(1), ‘75Z(1)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘75Z(b)’. 17 Amendment of s 11 (End of tenure report [P&G, s 22]) Section 11(1), ‘76(1)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘76(b)’. 18 Amendment of s 14 (Surrender report for an authority to prospect [P&G, s 28]) Section 14(1), ‘21(4)(c)(ii)’— omit, insert— ‘21(4)(b)(ii)’. 19 Insertion of new s 43A Chapter 3, part 2— insert— Page 8 2012 SL No. 226

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 5 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 [s 20] ‘43A Prescribed way for making applications, giving or lodging documents or making submissions ‘(1) For section 124AA(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed way for doing any of the following is electronically using the online system on the department’s website— (a) the making of an application; (b) the giving of a document to the Minister or the chief executive; (c) the lodging of a document; (d) the making of a submission. ‘(2) Also, the chief executive may, by notice given to the person making or giving a document mentioned in subsection (1), require the person to lodge a hard copy of the application, document or submission at the place required under section 124AA(2)(a) of the Act. ‘(3) An application, document or submission lodged electronically after 4.30p.m. on a working day and before 8.30a.m. on the next working day (the later day ) is taken to have been lodged at 8.30a.m. on the later day.’. 20 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) (1) Schedule 2, part 1, item 1, ‘21(4)(c)(i)’— omit, insert— ‘21(4)(b)(i)’. (2) Schedule 2, part 1, item 2, ‘25I(b)’— omit, insert— ‘25H(3)’. (3) Schedule 2, part 1, item 3, ‘25M(1)(j)(i)’— omit, insert— ‘25M(1)(i)(i)’. (4) Schedule 2, part 1, item 4, ‘45(2A)(e)(i)’— 2012 SL No. 226 Page 9

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 6 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 [s 21] omit, insert— ‘45(2A)(d)(i)’. (5) Schedule 2, part 1, item 5, ‘52(1B)(c)(i)’— omit, insert— ‘52(1B)(b)(i)’. (6) Schedule 2, part 1, item 8, ‘77T(1)(h)’— omit, insert— ‘77T(1)(g)’. Part 6 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 21 Regulation amended This part amends the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004. 22 Amendment of s 20 (Relinquishment report for an authority to prospect) Section 20(1), ‘545(1)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘545(b)’. 23 Amendment of s 21 (Relinquishment report for a petroleum lease) Section 21(1), ‘545(1)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘545(b)’. Page 10 2012 SL No. 226

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 6 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 [s 24] 24 Amendment of s 22 (End of tenure report) Section 22(1), ‘546(1)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘546(b)’. 25 Amendment of s 51 (Confidentiality of required information for petroleum tenure holders) Section 51(2)— insert— ‘(k) for an infrastructure report required to be lodged under section 552A of the Act—the day that is 5 years after the day on which the report is required to be lodged.’. 26 Amendment of s 76 (Application for exemption) Section 76(2)(d)— omit, insert— ‘(d) be lodged at the office of the chief inspector.’. 27 Amendment of s 77 (Notice of application to be given to relevant coal or oil shale mining tenement holder) Section 77(2)(b)— omit, insert— ‘(b) a notice stating the holder may, within 20 business days after receiving the notice (the submission period ), lodge submissions about the application at the office of the chief inspector.’. 28 Insertion of new s 154A Chapter 6, part 3— insert— 2012 SL No. 226 Page 11

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 6 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 [s 29] ‘154A Prescribed way for making applications or giving or lodging documents ‘(1) For section 851AA(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed way for doing any of the following is electronically using the online system on the department’s website— (a) the making of an application; (b) the giving of a document to the Minister, chief executive or chief inspector; (c) the lodging of a document. ‘(2) Also, the chief executive may, by notice given to the person making, giving or lodging a document mentioned in subsection (1), require the person to lodge a hard copy of the application or document at the place required under section 851AA(2)(a) of the Act. ‘(3) An application or document lodged electronically after 4.30p.m. on a working day and before 8.30a.m. on the next working day (the later day ) is taken to have been lodged at 8.30a.m. on the later day.’. 29 Amendment of sch 9 (Fees) (1) Schedule 9, part 1, item 1, ‘37(e)’— omit, insert— ‘37(d)’. (2) Schedule 9, part 1, item 2, ‘61(b)’— omit, insert— ‘60(4)’. (3) Schedule 9, part 1, item 4, ‘82(1)(j)(i)’— omit, insert— ‘82(1)(i)(i)’. (4) Schedule 9, part 1, item 5, ‘89(2)(c)’— omit, insert— Page 12 2012 SL No. 226

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 6 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 [s 29] ‘89(2)(b)’. (5) Schedule 9, part 1, item 6, ‘93(2)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘93(2)’. (6) Schedule 9, part 1, item 7, ‘104(h)’— omit, insert— ‘104(g)’. (7) Schedule 9, part 1, item 8, ‘118(1)(g)’— omit, insert— ‘118(f)’. (8) Schedule 9, part 1, item 10, ‘162(1)(h)(i)’— omit, insert— ‘162(1)(g)(i)’. (9) Schedule 9, part 1, item 11, ‘172(h)’— omit, insert— ‘172(g)’. (10) Schedule 9, part 1, item 13, ‘235(2)(c)(ii)’— omit, insert— ‘235(2)(b)(ii)’. (11) Schedule 9, part 1, item 14, ‘372(1)(h)’— omit, insert— ‘372(1)(g)’. (12) Schedule 9, part 1— insert— ‘16 Application for approval to change production commencement day for petroleum lease to a new day—Act, s 175AB(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 000.00’. (13) Schedule 9, part 2, item 1, ‘177(c)’— 2012 SL No. 226 Page 13

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 6 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 [s 29] omit, insert— ‘177(b)’. (14) Schedule 9, part 2, item 2, ‘191(c)’— omit, insert— ‘191(b)’. (15) Schedule 9, part 2, item 3, ‘203(3)(c)’— omit, insert— ‘203(3)(b)’. (16) Schedule 9, part 4, item 1, ‘395(2)(e)’— omit, insert— ‘395(2)(d)’. (17) Schedule 9, part 4, item 2, ‘409(g)’— omit, insert— ‘409(f)’. (18) Schedule 9, part 4, item 5, ‘445(g)’— omit, insert— ‘445(f)’. (19) Schedule 9, part 4, item 7, ‘464(c)’— omit, insert— ‘464(b)’. (20) Schedule 9, part 4, item 8, ‘475(c)’— omit, insert— ‘475(b)’. (21) Schedule 9, part 4, item 9, ‘480(d)(i)’— omit, insert— ‘480(c)(i)’. (22) Schedule 9, part 5, item 5, ‘576(1)(c)’— Page 14 2012 SL No. 226

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Part 6 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 [s 29] omit, insert— ‘576(1)(b)’. (23) Schedule 9, part 6, item 1, ‘728A(c)’— omit, insert— ‘728A(b)’. (24) Schedule 9, part 6, item 3, ‘728A(c)’— omit, insert— ‘728A(b)’. (25) Schedule 9, part 6, item 5, ‘728A(c)’— omit, insert— ‘728A(b)’. (26) Schedule 9, part 7, item 2, ‘622(2)(c)’— omit, insert— ‘622(2)(b)’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 6 December 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 7 December 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. © State of Queensland 2012 2012 SL No. 226 Page 15