Queensland Numbered Acts

MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 87

Section 110—

omit, insert—

'(1) The lease holder may construct and operate petroleum pipelines in the area of the lease.

'(2) However, if a petroleum pipeline extends beyond the area of the lease, subsection (1) applies only if the pipeline is completely within—

(a) the area of the lease; and

(b) the area of 1 or more other petroleum leases that—

(i) are also held by the holder of the lease; or

(ii) are the subject of a coordination arrangement between the holder of the lease and the holder of each other lease.

'(3) In this section—

petroleum pipeline means a pipeline as defined under section 16 other than a pipeline for transporting a GHG stream.

Notes—

1 See also the GHG storage Act, section 386 (Restriction on GHG storage activities).

2 For the granting of licences under this Act for pipelines for GHG streams, see sections 16, 394, 400 and 402.'.