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Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012

S.R. No. 42/2012

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5New regulation 16A inserted

16ADecommissioning plan for part of a pipeline

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STATUTORY RULES 2012

S.R. No. 42/2012

Pipelines Act 2005

Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012

The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy with the advice of the Executive Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 13 June 2012

Responsible Minister:

MICHAEL O'BRIEN
Minister for Energy and Resources

YVETTE CARISBROOKE

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Pipelines Regulations 2007 to prescribe—

(a)matters relating to preparation of a plan for decommissioning part of a pipeline; and

(b)information to be included in a plan for decommissioning part of a pipeline.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 190 of the Pipelines Act 2005.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2012.

4Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Pipelines Regulations 2007[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5New regulation 16A inserted

After regulation 16 of the Principal Regulations insert—

"16A   Decommissioning plan for part of a pipeline

For the purposes of section 82A of the Act, a decommissioning plan must set out the following information in relation to the proposed decommissioning process—

(a)the strategy, goals and objectives for the decommissioning process;

(b)an assessment of technical feasibility of the decommissioning process;

(c)an assessment of the safety of the decommissioning process;

(d)an assessment of detrimental impacts from the decommissioning process on land (including reasonably foreseeable future uses of land) and the environment and identification of measures to control, mitigate and manage these impacts;

(e)the impacts from the decommissioning process on affected landholders;

(f)details of any proposed consultation about the decommissioning process with affected landholders and other interested parties;

(g)the methods to be used to ensure that the part of the pipeline that will be decommissioned will be decommissioned in accordance with AS 2885.3—2001;

(h)details of the rehabilitation and monitoring of the land through which the pipeline is laid proposed to be carried out before the decommissioning of the part of the pipeline;

(i)the proposed timetable for decommissioning works to be completed;

(j)if the whole or part of the pipeline is not to be removed, details about the location of the pipeline or the part of the pipeline that is not to be removed.".

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[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 15/2007.

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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004.

Statutory rule provision	Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document	Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 5, which inserts new Regulation 16A into the Principal Regulations	AS 2885.3: Pipelines—Gas and Liquid Petroleum, Part 3: Operation and maintenance, published 6 August 2001 as amended from time to time	The whole