Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Safety on Offshore Facilities) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1) (Cth)

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Safety on Offshore Facilities) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 180

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.

Dated 8 August 2005

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN MACFARLANE

Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Safety on Offshore Facilities) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 September 2005.

Amendment of Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Safety on Offshore Facilities) Regulations 1996

Schedule 1 amends the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Safety on Offshore Facilities) Regulations 1996.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 13

omit

described

insert

describe

[2] Paragraph 24 (2) (a)

substitute

(a)specify all reasonably practicable steps to ensure the facility is safe and without risk to the health of persons likely to be on the facility at the time of the emergency; and

[3] Subregulation 25 (1)

substitute

(1)The Safety Case for a facility that is:

(a)connected to one or more operational pipelines; or

(b)proposed to be connected to one or more operational pipelines;

must specify adequate procedures for shutting down or isolating, in the event of emergency, each pipeline connected to the facility, so as to stop the flow of hazardous substances through the pipeline.

[4] Regulation 27

omit each mention of

OHS inspector

insert

Safety Authority

[5] Subparagraph 44 (4) (a) (i)

omit

at the proposed facility;

insert

at the facility;

Note

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