Queensland Numbered Acts

MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 88

After section 111—

insert—

'(1) The lease holder may do each of the following in the area of the lease—

(a) carry out the processing of produced water;

(b) construct and operate a facility for the processing and storage of produced water.

'(2) Subsection (1) applies for produced water—

(a) produced in or outside the area of the lease; and

(b) whether or not it is produced by the lease holder.

'(3) In this section—

processing of produced water includes—

(a) treating produced water; and

(b) applying mechanical or chemical processes, or energy, to produced water.'.