Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may
make regulations for or with respect to —
(a) the
construction, maintenance and operation of pipelines and the safety measures
to be taken in respect thereof;
(b) the
inspection of pipelines and the cost of any such inspection;
(c) the
keeping of registers under this Act;
(d) the
escape of substances from a pipeline;
(ea) the
preparation, submission and approval of environment plans;
(eb) the
prohibition of the doing of an act or thing otherwise than in accordance with
an approved environment plan;
(e)
providing for the marking of the location of pipelines;
(f) the
prevention of damage to any land used for the construction or operation of
pipelines;
(fa)
fees in relation to pipeline safety audits or other services provided by the
Minister;
(fb) any
transitional matter arising out of the amendments made to this Act by the
Petroleum Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 ;
(g) all
matters that by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or are
necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to
this Act and for the due administration thereof.
(1a) The regulations
may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or
incorporating, with or without modification, a code of practice or standard
contained in an instrument (including an instrument issued or made outside
Australia), as in force or existing at the time when the regulations take
effect or as in force or existing from time to time, being a code of practice
or standard that is relevant to that matter.
(1b) The regulations
may prohibit the doing of an act or thing either unconditionally or subject to
conditions, including conditions requiring the grant, as prescribed by the
regulations, of the consent or approval of a person specified in the
regulations.
(1c) The regulations
under this section may adopt or apply, with or without modification, any
regulation made under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources
Act 1967 , the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 or the
Commonwealth Act as defined in that Act, that is in force or existing at the
time when the regulations under this section take effect or as in force or
existing from time to time.
(2) The regulations
may provide, in respect of an offence against the regulations, for the
imposition of —
(a) a
fine not exceeding $10 000; or
(b) a
fine not exceeding that amount for each day on which the offence occurs.
[Section 67 amended by No. 12 of 1990
s. 158; No. 28 of 1994 s. 76; No. 13 of 2005 s. 30; No. 35
of 2007 s. 102 7 ; No. 42 of 2010 s. 180.]