Western Australian Current Acts

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SAFETY LEVIES ACT 2011 - SECT 3D

3D .         Petroleum operation

        (1)         In this section —

        accommodation premises —

            (a)         means residential premises —

                  (i)         the occupation of which is necessary for the purposes of workers’ engagement at a petroleum site; and

                  (ii)         that are not situated within a townsite as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 26(1) or the metropolitan region as defined in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1);

                and

            (b)         includes land, buildings and recreational facilities used in connection with the occupation of those premises;

        petroleum site —

            (a)         means a place at which an activity referred to in subsection (2) is, or is to be, carried out; and

            (b)         includes any fixture, fitting, plant or structure at the place;

        petroleum title means —

            (a)         a permit, drilling reservation, lease, licence or other authority (however described) granted under —

                  (i)         the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 in relation to petroleum; or

                  (ii)         the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 ; or

                  (iii)         the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 ;

                or

            (b)         the Barrow Island lease as defined in the Barrow Island Act 2003 section 3.

        (2)         A petroleum operation is an activity that is carried out in an area in respect of which a petroleum title is in force, or that is carried out in the adjacent area, for the purpose of any of the following —

            (a)         exploring for petroleum;

            (b)         drilling or servicing a well for petroleum;

            (c)         extracting or recovering petroleum;

            (d)         injecting petroleum into a natural underground reservoir;

            (e)         processing petroleum;

            (f)         handling or storing petroleum;

            (g)         the piped conveyance or offloading of petroleum.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (2), a petroleum operation includes the following activities —

            (a)         planning, designing, preparing or constructing a petroleum site if the activity is carried out at or in the vicinity of the petroleum site;

            (b)         commissioning, operating or maintaining a petroleum site;

            (c)         decommissioning or abandoning a petroleum site or removing any fixture, fitting, plant or structure from a petroleum site;

            (d)         constructing, commissioning, operating or maintaining administrative or other support facilities at or in the vicinity of a petroleum site;

            (e)         an activity relating to the care, security or maintenance of a petroleum site carried out at or in the vicinity of the petroleum site;

            (f)         constructing, commissioning, operating or maintaining accommodation premises at or in the vicinity of a petroleum site;

            (g)         a prescribed activity carried out in —

                  (i)         an area in respect of which a petroleum title is in force; or

                  (ii)         the adjacent area.

        [Section 3D inserted: No. 36 of 2020 s. 311.]