Queensland Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM ACT 1923 - SECT 75A

75A Obligation to decommission pipelines

(1) A 1923 Act petroleum tenure holder must, before the decommissioning day, decommission, in the way prescribed under a regulation, any pipeline in the area of the tenure.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.

Note—

For a general provision about ownership while a tenure is in force for a pipeline, see section 79X .

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) the pipeline was constructed or operated under another 1923 Act petroleum tenure or 2004 Act petroleum tenure and the pipeline has not, since its construction, operated under the holder’s tenure; and

(b) the pipeline is operated as an authorised activity for a 1923 Act petroleum tenure or a 2004 Act petroleum tenure.

(3) In this section—

"decommissioning day" means the later of the following days—

(a) the earlier of the following—

(i) the day the tenure ends;

(ii) the day the land ceases to be in the area of the tenure;

(b) if, before the day provided for under paragraph (a) , the Minister fixes a day—that day;

(c) if, before a day fixed under paragraph (b) , the Minister fixes a later day—that day.