Petroleum and Gas (Safety) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019 (Qld)

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Petroleum and Gas (Safety) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019.

2   Commencement

This regulation commences on 17 June 2019.

Part 2    Amendment of Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017

3   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017.

4   Amendment of s 12BC (Requirements for boreholes)

Section 12BC(1)(a)—
omit, insert—

(a)either—

(i)an authority to prospect granted before or after the start date; or

(ii)a petroleum lease granted after the start date, other than a replacement tenure under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 908(2); and

Part 3    Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017

5   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017.

6   Amendment of s 19 (Meaning of hazard information)

Section 19(a), ‘section 690(1)(g) or 706’—
omit, insert—

section 706

Part 4    Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018

7   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018.

8   Insertion of new s 18A

After section 18—
insert—

18A    Matters for information notice—Act, s 694A

(1)For section 694A(2) of the Act, the information is—

(a)if the operating plant is being commissioned—that the plant is being commissioned; or

(b)if the operating plant is being decommissioned—that the plant is being decommissioned.

(2)For section 694A(4)(b) of the Act, the notice is to be given by using the online system made available on a Queensland Government website for the purpose.

(3)For section 694A(4)(c)(ii) of the Act, the day is—

(a)for a notice under subsection (1)(a)—at least 20 business days before the operating plant mentioned in the notice is commissioned; or

(b)for a notice under subsection (1)(b)—within 20 business days after the operating plant mentioned in the notice is decommissioned.

9   Amendment of s 53 (Requirements for petroleum wells, bores and voids)

Section 53(1)(a)—
omit, insert—

(a)either—

(i)an authority to prospect granted before or after the relevant day; or

(ii)a petroleum lease granted after the relevant day, other than a replacement tenure under section 908(2) of the Act; and

10   Omission of s 58 (Description of location of particular hazards in safety reports—Act, s 690)

Section 58—
omit.

11   Insertion of new s 123A

After section 123—
insert—

123A    Gas work licence not required for particular gas work

For section 726(5) of the Act, the circumstances are that the gas work is—

(a)replacing a pigtail connected to a gas cylinder; and

(b)carried out under the safety management system for an LPG delivery network; and

(c)carried out by a person assessed, under the safety management system for the network, as competent to replace a pigtail.

12   Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary)

Schedule 7, definition AS 2885—
insert—

(g)AS/NZS 2885.6 Part 6 ‘Pipeline safety management’.