Western Australian Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 35 OF 2007) - SECT 7

7 .         Section 7 amended

                After section 7(2) the following subsections are inserted —

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        (3)         The taking or use of any water for the purposes of any operations carried out under the authority of a permit, drilling reservation, access authority, special prospecting authority, lease or licence is subject to the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 .

        (4)         This Act does not apply to operations for the recovery of geothermal energy —

            (a)         that are carried out for the purposes of a small scale ground source heat pump used at or near the source of the geothermal energy; or

            (b)         that involve small scale recovery of geothermal energy not for a commercial purpose; or

            (c)         that are of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

        (5)         Without limiting subsection (4)(b), the regulations may specify whether the small scale recovery of geothermal energy in prescribed circumstances or for a prescribed reason is or is not for a commercial purpose.

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