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South Australia
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy (Moratorium on Hydraulic
Fracturing) Amendment Bill 2018
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Petroleum
and Geothermal Energy Act 2000
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Petroleum and
Geothermal Energy Act 2000
3Insertion of Part 3 Division 1A
Division 1A—Hydraulic
Fracturing
7AMoratorium on
hydraulic fracturing
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy (Moratorium
on Hydraulic Fracturing) Amendment Act 2018.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Act 2000
3—Insertion
of Part 3 Division 1A
Part 3—after Division 1 insert:
Division 1A—Hydraulic
Fracturing
7A—Moratorium on hydraulic
fracturing
(1) Despite any other
provision of this Act, the Minister must not, during the prescribed period,
grant a licence under this Act that authorises the carrying out of hydraulic
fracturing within the designated area.
(2) A condition of a
licence that purports to authorise the carrying out of hydraulic fracturing will
be taken to be void and of no effect.
(3)
Subsection (2)
applies to a licence granted before or after the commencement of this
section.
(4) No compensation is payable by or on behalf of the Crown, the Minister
or any other person in connection with the operation of this section.
(5) In this section—
designated area means the area comprised of the following
council areas:
(a) the area of the City of Mount Gambier;
(b) the area of the District Council of Grant;
(c) the area of the Kingston District Council;
(d) the area of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council;
(e) the area of The District Council of Robe;
(f) the area of The Tatiara District Council;
(g) the area of the Wattle Range Council;
hydraulic fracturing means the high-pressure injection of a
substance or a combination of substances into a wellbore so as to, or likely to,
create fractures in rocks or rock formations;
prescribed period means the period beginning on the
commencement of this section and ending on 17 March 2028;
wellbore includes a tunnel or other hole drilled into the
ground to aid in the exploration and recovery of natural resources.