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PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SAFETY LEVIES ACT 2011 - SECT 26

26 .         Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are —

            (a)         required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

            (b)         necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may —

            (a)         provide for the amount of safety levy payable to be worked out on such basis, and in accordance with such factors, as are prescribed; and

        [(b), (c)         deleted]

            (d)         deal with the assessment of the amount of safety levy payable and the procedure for assessment; and

            (e)         deal with the reassessment of the amount of safety levy payable and the procedure for reassessment; and

            (f)         provide for the payment and recovery of amounts, or the refund of amounts, after reassessment; and

            (g)         provide for matters relating to the determination of objections, and the review of decisions on objections, under Part 4; and

            (h)         provide for the keeping of records by persons who are or may be liable to pay a safety levy; and

                  (i)         provide for review by the State Administrative Tribunal of decisions made under the regulations; and

            (j)         provide that contravention of a regulation is an offence and, for an offence against the regulations, provide for a penalty not exceeding a fine of $10 000.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make different provision for different classes of safety cases or DSMSs and may, accordingly —

            (a)         provide for the classification of safety cases or DSMSs; and

            (b)         without limiting paragraph (a), authorise or require the CIPS to determine the classification of a safety case or DSMS for the purposes of the regulations.

        [Section 26 amended: No. 19 of 2012 s. 12; No. 36 of 2020 s. 323.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Act 2011 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Act 2011	50 of 2011	11 Nov 2011	s. 1 and 2: 11 Nov 2011 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 30 Dec 2011 p. 5573)
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Amendment Act 2011	51 of 2011	11 Nov 2011	s. 1 and 2: 11 Nov 2011 (see s. 2(a)); s. 3- 5: 1 Jan 2012 (see s. 2(b)-(d) and Gazette 30 Dec 2011 p. 5573)
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Amendment Act 2012	19 of 2012	3 Jul 2012	s. 1 and 2: 3 Jul 2012 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Oct 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 28 Sep 2012 p. 4647)
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Amendment Act (No. 2) 2012	20 of 2012	3 Jul 2012	s. 1 and 2: 3 Jul 2012 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Oct 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 28 Sep 2012 p. 4647)
Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Pt. 15 Div. 3 Subdiv. 2	36 of 2020	10 Nov 2020	31 Mar 2022 (see s. 2(1)(c) and SL 2022/18 cl. 2)
Safety Levies Amendment Act 2020 Pt. 3	37 of 2020	10 Nov 2020	31 Mar 2022 (see s. 2(1)(b) and SL 2022/18 cl. 2)

Uncommenced provisions table

To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA Legislation website.

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2024 Pt. 5 Div. 10	17 of 2024	14 May 2024	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Amendment Act 2024 Pt. 2 and 3	18 of 2024	14 May 2024	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)
accommodation premises         3C(1), 3D(1)
Account         21(1)
adjacent area         3
assessment         3
assessment notice         3
CIPS         3
construct         3
department         3
design         3
dive         3A(3)
diver         3A(3)
diving operation         3, 3A(2)
document         3B(1), 3E(1)
DSMS         3, 3B(2)
DSMS levy         3
explore         3
geothermal energy         3
geothermal energy operation         3, 3C(2) and (3)
geothermal energy resources         3
geothermal energy site         3C(1)
geothermal energy title         3C(1)
levy period         3
manned submersible craft         3A(1)
objection         3
oil shale         3
penalty amount         3
petroleum         3
petroleum operation         3, 3D(2) and (3)
petroleum site         3D(1)
petroleum title         3D(1)
place         3
plant         3
prescribed         3
reassessment         3
record         3
safety case         3, 3E(2)
safety case levy         3
safety levy         3
structure         3
well         3
WHS regulations         3
worker         3

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