(1)  In proceedings under these regulations, a document that appears to the court to be a certificate by a Minister, in accordance with subregulation (2) , certifying a statement to the effect mentioned in subregulation (3)  –

(a) is evidence of the truth of the statement; and

(b) may be received in evidence without being proved.

(2)  The certificate must be signed by the Minister and be expressed to be in accordance with the register or other record maintained by the Minister under regulation 45 .

(3)  The statement must be to the effect that, on a specified date, or during a specified period, a specified person was the operator for a specified petroleum activity.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 8 June 2022

These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations –

(a) provide for mechanisms for –

(i) the submission of an environment plan for a petroleum activity carried out under the Act; and

(ii) the acceptance of, or refusal to accept, a submitted environment plan; and

(iii) the reporting of, and the keeping of records in relation to, certain incidents arising from petroleum activities carried out under the Act; and

(iv) the discharge of produced formation water into the sea consequent on the carrying out of those petroleum activities; and

(b) provide for other procedural matters relating to petroleum activities; and

(c) are made consequent on the repeal of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Environment) Regulations 2012 under section 11 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .