Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Amendment Act 2024 (WA)
Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Amendment Act 2024[
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
This is the
This Act comes into operation as follows —
(a) Part 1 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
(b) the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.
This Part amends the
(1) In section 3 delete the definitions of:
(2) In section 3 insert in alphabetical order:
(a) petroleum or a regulated substance; or
(b) geothermal energy resources;
(a) any seal or reservoir of a geological formation; and
(b) any associated geological attributes or features of a geological formation;
(a) occurs in a natural geological formation; and
(b) is prescribed by the regulations;
(a) exploration for petroleum or a regulated substance;
(b) operations for recovery of petroleum or a regulated substance;
(c) exploration for geothermal energy resources;
(d) operations for recovery of geothermal energy;
(1) In section 3D(1) in the definition of
petroleum title paragraph (a)(i) delete “petroleum; or” and insert:
petroleum or a regulated substance; or
(2) In section 3D(2):
(a) in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) delete “petroleum;” and insert:
petroleum or a regulated substance;
(b) in paragraph (g) delete “petroleum.” and insert:
petroleum or a regulated substance.
This Part amends the
In the long title delete “
In section 1 delete “
(1) In section 3 insert in alphabetical order:
(a) a GHG exploration permit, GHG drilling reservation, GHG retention lease, GHG injection licence, GHG special prospecting authority or GHG access authority granted under the
Petroleum, Geothermal Energy and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 1967 ;(b) a consent granted under the
Petroleum, Geothermal Energy and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 1967 section 116(1) for GHG exploration operations (as defined in section 5(1) of that Act);(c) a licence granted under the
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Act 1969 if the pipeline is a greenhouse gas pipeline (as defined in section 4(1) of that Act);(d) a GHG exploration permit, GHG retention lease, GHG injection licence, GHG special prospecting authority or GHG access authority granted under the
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 ;(e) a consent granted under the
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 section 123(1) for GHG exploration operations (as defined in section 4(1) of that Act);(f) a pipeline licence granted under the
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 if the pipeline is a greenhouse gas pipeline (as defined in section 4(1) of that Act);(g) an infrastructure licence granted under the
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 if the infrastructure facilities are for engaging in any of the activities mentioned in section 6B(3) of that Act;(2) In section 3 in the definition of
adjacent area delete “Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 ” and insert:
(3) In section 3 in the definitions of
geothermal energy andgeothermal energy resources delete “Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 ” and insert:
In section 3A(2) delete “petroleum operation” and insert:
petroleum operation, or a GHG operation,
In section 3C(1) delete the definition of
After section 3C insert:
(1) In this section —
(a) means residential premises —
(i) the occupation of which is necessary for the purposes of workers’ engagement at a GHG site; and
(ii) that are not situated within a townsite as defined in the
Land Administration Act 1997 section 26(1) or the metropolitan region as defined in thePlanning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1);
and
(b) includes land, buildings and recreational facilities used in connection with the occupation of those premises;
(a) means a place at which an activity referred to in subsection (2) is, or is to be, carried out; and
(b) includes any fixture, fitting, plant or structure at the place.
(2) A
GHG operation is an activity —(a) that is carried out in an area in respect of which a GHG title is in force or that is carried out in the adjacent area; and
(b) the carrying out of which —
(i) is authorised under a GHG title; or
(ii) is for the purposes of an activity that is so authorised.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a
GHG operation includes the following activities —(a) planning, designing, preparing or constructing a GHG site if the activity is carried out at or in the vicinity of the GHG site;
(b) commissioning, operating or maintaining a GHG site;
(c) decommissioning or abandoning a GHG site or removing any fixture, fitting, plant or structure from a GHG site;
(d) constructing, commissioning, operating or maintaining administrative or other support facilities at or in the vicinity of a GHG site;
(e) an activity relating to the care, security or maintenance of a GHG site carried out at or in the vicinity of the GHG site;
(f) constructing, commissioning, operating or maintaining accommodation premises at or in the vicinity of a GHG site;
(g) a prescribed activity carried out in —
(i) an area in respect of which a GHG title is in force; or
(ii) the adjacent area.
13. Section 3D amended
In section 3D(1) in the definition of
(a) a permit, drilling reservation, lease, licence or other authority (however described), other than a GHG title, granted under —
(i) the
Petroleum, Geothermal Energy and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 1967 in relation to petroleum or a regulated substance; or(ii) the
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Act 1969 ; or(iii) the
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 ;
or
In section 3E(2)(a) delete “operation or a geothermal energy” and insert:
operation, a geothermal energy operation or a GHG
In section 4(1) and (3) delete “operation or a geothermal energy” and insert:
operation, a geothermal energy operation or a GHG
In section 10(2) delete “
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