Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 (Qld)

Queensland Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 Subordinate Legislation 2011 No. 243 made under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004  Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Insertion of new s 7AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7AA References to CSG operator in construction and abandonment code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 12 (Definitions for div 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Omission of ch 2, pt 1, div 1, sdiv 3 (Existing Water Act bores) . . 4 7 Insertion of new s 54AAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 54AAA Tenure holder to ensure compliance with construction and abandonment code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 54AA (Operator to ensure drilling rig workers meet competency requirements). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of s 88C (Definitions for div 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of s 115A (Causing existing gas system to not comply with safety requirements). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Amendment of sch 1 (Mandatory and preferred standards for safety requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 Amendment of sch 3 (Requirements for plugging and abandoning petroleum wells and bores) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 Contents 13 Amendment of sch 12 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Page 2 2011 SL No. 243

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 . 2 Commencement Sections 7, 8, 11(2) and 12 commence on 1 January 2012. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004. 4 Insertion of new s 7AA After section 7— insert— ‘7AA References to CSG operator in construction and abandonment code ‘For section 54AAA and schedule 1, a reference in the construction and abandonment code to a CSG operator is taken to be a reference to the holder of a CSG tenure.’. 5 Amendment of s 12 (Definitions for div 1) (1) Section 12, definitions prescribed underground water information , relevant petroleum well , relevant time and reporting period— omit. (2) Section 12— insert— ‘ reporting period , for an annual report required under section 552 of the Act to be lodged by the holder of a petroleum authority, means the period to which the report relates under the section.’. 2011 SL No. 243 Page 3

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 [s 6] 6 Omission of ch 2, pt 1, div 1, sdiv 3 (Existing Water Act bores) Chapter 2, part 1, division 1, subdivision 3— omit. 7 Insertion of new s 54AAA After section 54— insert— ‘54AAA Tenure holder to ensure compliance with construction and abandonment code ‘The holder of a CSG tenure must ensure that everyone else to whom the construction and abandonment code applies complies with the code for a prescribed well, proposed prescribed well or abandoned prescribed well for exploring for or producing coal seam gas on the land to which the CSG tenure applies. Note — See also section 7AA (References to CSG operator in construction and abandonment code).’. 8 Amendment of s 54AA (Operator to ensure drilling rig workers meet competency requirements) (1) Section 54AA(1), ‘petroleum well’— omit, insert— ‘prescribed well’. (2) Section 54AA(3), definition drilling competency standard , ‘(2007)’— omit, insert— ‘(2011)’. 9 Amendment of s 88C (Definitions for div 3) Section 88C, definition LPGA automotive code of practice , ‘issue 2.0 April 2007’— Page 4 2011 SL No. 243

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 [s 10] omit, insert— ‘issue 3.0 August 2011’. 10 Amendment of s 115A (Causing existing gas system to not comply with safety requirements) Section 115A, example, ‘(2002)’— omit, insert— ‘(2008)’. 11 Amendment of sch 1 (Mandatory and preferred standards for safety requirements) (1) Schedule 1, part 1, entry for Code of Practice for coal seam gas well head emissions detection and reporting’, published by the department in 2011 on its website, column 3, ‘preferred’— omit, insert— ‘mandatory’. (2) Schedule 1, part 1— insert— ‘Construction and abandonment code a prescribed well, proposed prescribed well or abandoned prescribed well for exploring for or producing coal seam gas mandatory’. (3) Schedule 1, part 1— 2011 SL No. 243 Page 5

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 [s 12] insert— ‘ ‘APIA code of practice Upstream PE gathering networks CSG industry version 1.1’ (October 2011) published by the Australian Pipeline Industry Association pipelines constructed from polyethylene preferred’. (4) Schedule 1, part 6, entry for AS 4332 ‘The storage and handling of gases in cylinders’ (2004), column 2, ‘(2002)’— omit, insert— ‘(2008)’. 12 Amendment of sch 3 (Requirements for plugging and abandoning petroleum wells and bores) (1) Schedule 3, section 1— insert— ‘ CSG well means a prescribed well that is drilled to produce coal seam gas under a petroleum tenure or a 1923 Act petroleum tenure.’. (2) Schedule 3, section 2— insert— ‘(2) However, a CSG well must be abandoned in accordance with the Code of practice for constructing and abandoning coal seam gas wells in Queensland (2011), published on the department’s website, to the extent the code is consistent with this regulation.’. (3) Schedule 3, section 6(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) However, subsection (1) need not be complied with— (a) if it is not technically or commercially feasible to remove the casing; or Example — Page 6 2011 SL No. 243

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 [s 13] production casing that has been cemented in place and can not feasibly be removed (b) for a CSG well, if the code requires that the casing remain in place.’. (4) Schedule 3, section 7(1) to (5)— renumber as schedule 3, section 7(2) to (6). (5) Schedule 3, section 7— insert — ‘(1) This section applies to a prescribed well or bore that is not a CSG well.’. (6) Schedule 3, section 7(2) to (5), as renumbered, ‘a prescribed well’— omit, insert— ‘the prescribed well’. (7) Schedule 3, section 8, first paragraph— number as schedule 3, section 8(2). (8) Schedule 3, section 8— insert— ‘(1) This section applies to a prescribed well or bore that is not a CSG well.’. (9) Schedule 3, section 8(2), as numbered, ‘a prescribed well’— omit, insert— ‘the prescribed well’. 13 Amendment of sch 12 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 12, definitions prescribed underground water information , relevant petroleum well and relevant time— omit . (2) Schedule 12— insert— 2011 SL No. 243 Page 7

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2011 [s 13] ‘ construction and abandonment code means the Code of practice for constructing and abandoning coal seam gas wells in Queensland (2011), published on the department’s website. CSG tenure means a petroleum tenure or a 1923 Act petroleum tenure . ’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 24 November 2011. 2 Notified in the gazette on 25 November 2011. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. © State of Queensland 2011 Page 8 2011 SL No. 243