Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Section 670(2)(b) to (h)--
renumber as section 670(2)(c) to (i).
(2) Section 670(2)--
insert--
'(b) a facility that--
(i) is related to the exploration, production or processing of petroleum; and
(ii) is used to take, interfere with or treat associated water;'.
(3) Section 670(2)(h) and (i), as renumbered--
omit, insert--
'(h) a facility that is in the area of a geothermal tenure and is used for--
(i) geothermal exploration other than for wet geothermal production; or
(ii) geothermal production other than wet geothermal production;
Examples--
the following facilities if they are not used for wet geothermal production--
a drilling rig for a geothermal well
equipment used for injecting into, maintaining or repairing a geothermal well
pipes and associated valves used in the geothermal production process
(i) a facility that is in the area of a GHG authority and is--
(i) used for GHG storage exploration or GHG stream storage; or
(ii) involved in GHG storage injection testing;
(j) a GHG stream pipeline under the GHG storage Act.'.
(4) Section 670(5)(d)--
omit, insert--
'(d) an authorised activity under an authority if the activity is a geophysical survey for data acquisition;'.
(5) Section 670(6)--
omit.
(6) Section 670(7)--
renumber as section 670(9).
(7) Section 670--
insert--
'(6) An operating plant is also--
(a) all of the authorised activities for a petroleum authority, geothermal tenure or GHG authority; or
(b) all of the authorised activities for a mineral hydrocarbon mining lease that are not a coal mining operation or an on-site activity under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act.
'(7) For subsection (6)(a) and (b)--
(a) the operating plant is all of the authorised activities jointly; and
(b) the authorised activities are an operating plant severally only if they are an operating plant under subsection (2) or (5).
'(8) To remove any doubt, for subsection (2) it is declared that the following are not an operating plant--
(a) a facility relating to geothermal energy to the extent any part of its processes happen after an isolation valve or distribution point where the pipeline transporting the energy ends at the entry to the facility;
(b) a facility that produces a GHG stream at its source before the stream enters a GHG pipeline that transports the stream, or the stream is otherwise transported, to a GHG storage site under the GHG storage Act.
'(10) In this section--
geothermal exploration see the Geothermal Act, section 13.
geothermal well see the Geothermal Act, schedule 3.
GHG storage exploration see the GHG storage Act, section 15.
GHG storage injection testing see the GHG storage Act, section 16.'.