In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears –

accepted , for an environment plan or a proposed revision of an environment plan, means accepted, in full or in part, by the Minister under regulation 11 ;

Act means the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 ;

environment means –

(a) ecosystems and their constituent parts, including people and communities; and

(b) natural and physical resources; and

(c) the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas; and

(d) the heritage value of places –

and includes the social, economic and cultural features of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) , (b) , (c) and (d) ;

environmental impact means any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, that wholly or partially results from a petroleum activity of an operator;

environmental performance means the extent to which environmental performance objectives and environmental performance standards are being met;

environmental performance objectives has the meaning it has in regulation 17(2) ;

environmental performance standards has the meaning it has in regulation 17(3) ;

environment plan means an environment plan submitted by an operator under regulation 9 that is –

(a) accepted; and

(b) in force;

facility includes a structure or installation of any kind;

operator , for a petroleum activity, means –

(a) the person specified in the register, maintained by the Minister under regulation 45 , as the operator of the petroleum activity; or

(b) if there is no such person specified in that register and a petroleum instrument is granted, the person responsible to the petroleum instrument holder for the overall management of the petroleum activity (whether or not operations have commenced); or

(c) if there is no such person specified in that register and a petroleum instrument is not granted, the person responsible for performing the petroleum activity;

petroleum activity means –

(a) any operations or works in an offshore area carried out under a petroleum instrument, other authority or consent under the Act or the regulations; and

(b) any activity relating to petroleum exploration or development which may have an impact on the environment –

and includes any related activity;

petroleum instrument means –

(a) a permit; and

(b) a lease; and

(c) a licence; and

(d) a pipeline licence; and

(e) an access authority; and

(f) a special prospecting authority; and

(g) any other authority granted by instrument under the Act for the carrying out of a petroleum activity;

petroleum instrument holder means –

(a) a permittee; and

(b) a lessee; and

(c) a licensee; and

(d) a pipeline licensee; and

(e) the registered holder of an access authority for a petroleum activity; and

(f) the registered holder of a special prospecting authority for a petroleum activity; and

(g) any other registered holder of a petroleum instrument for a petroleum activity;

produced formation water means natural aqueous fluid recovered from a petroleum reservoir in association with the petroleum;

related activity means any one or more of the following activities:

(a) seismic or other surveys;

(b) drilling;

(c) construction and installation of a facility;

(d) operation of a facility;

(e) significant modification of a facility;

(f) decommissioning, dismantling or removing a facility;

(g) construction and installation of a pipeline;

(h) operation of a pipeline;

(i) significant modification of a pipeline;

(j) decommissioning, dismantling or removing a pipeline;

(k) storage, processing or transport of petroleum;

relevant person , in relation to an environment plan or a revised environment plan, means –

(a) each Government department, or State authority, as defined in the State Service Act 2000 , to which the petroleum activities to be carried out under the environment plan or revised environment plan may be relevant; and

(b) each Department or agency of the Commonwealth, another State, or a Territory, to which the petroleum activities to be carried out under the environment plan or revised environment plan may be relevant; and

(c) each person whose functions, interests or activities may be affected by the petroleum activities to be carried out under the environment plan or revised environment plan; and

(d) any other person that the operator, for the petroleum activity, considers has an interest in the petroleum activities to be carried out under the environment plan or revised environment plan;

reportable incident , for an operator, means an incident that is the subject of a notice given by the operator under regulation 32(1) ;

revise , for an environment plan, includes extend or modify.