Queensland Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 152

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

(2) A regulation may provide for the following—

(a) the exploration for petroleum and the carrying on of operations and the execution of works for that purpose;

(b) the recovery of petroleum and the carrying on of operations and the execution of works for that purpose;

(c) conserving and preventing the waste of the natural resources, whether petroleum or otherwise, of the adjacent area;

(d) the construction and operation of pipelines, water lines, secondary lines, pumping stations, tank stations or valve stations and the carrying on of operations, and the execution of works, for any of those purposes;

(e) the construction, erection, maintenance, operation or use of installations or equipment;

(f) the control of the flow or discharge, and the prevention of the escape, of petroleum, water or drilling fluid, or a mixture of water or drilling fluid with petroleum or any other matter;

(g) the clean up or other remedying of the effects of the escape of petroleum;

(h) the prevention of damage to petroleum-bearing strata in an area, whether in the adjacent area or not, in respect of which a permit or licence is not in force;

(i) the keeping separate of—

(i) each petroleum pool discovered in a permit area or licence area; and

(ii) each source of water discovered in a permit area or licence area;

(j) the prevention of water or other matter from entering a petroleum pool through wells;

(k) the prevention of the waste or escape of petroleum or water from a pipeline, water line, secondary line, pumping station, tank station or valve station;

(l) the maintaining in good condition and repair of all structures, equipment and other property in the adjacent area used or intended to be used for or in connection with the exploration for or the exploitation of petroleum in the adjacent area;

(m) the removal from the adjacent area of structures equipment and other property brought into the adjacent area for or in connection with exploration for or the exploitation of petroleum that are not used or intended to be used in connection with exploration for, or the exploitation of, petroleum in the adjacent area.

(3) The regulations may prescribe, in relation to the exploration for, and the exploitation of, the natural resources (being petroleum) of the adjacent area, matters for carrying out or giving effect to the Convention.

(4) The regulations may provide, in respect of an offence against the regulations, for the imposition of—

(a) a fine not exceeding $10000; or

(b) a fine not exceeding that amount for each day on which the offence occurs.