Western Australian Current Acts

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 4A

4A .         Meaning of facility and offshore petroleum operation

        (1)         In this section —

        accommodation premises —

            (a)         means residential premises the occupation of which is necessary for the purposes of workers’ engagement at an offshore petroleum site; and

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

        offshore petroleum site —

            (a)         means a place at which an activity referred to in subsection (3) is, or is to be, carried out; and

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

        place has the meaning given in the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 section 8(2);

        plant has the meaning given in the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 section 4;

        structure has the meaning given in the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 section 4;

        worker has the meaning given in the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 section 7.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, a facility is a place at which offshore petroleum operations are carried out and it includes any fixture, fitting, plant or structure at the place.

        (3)         For the purposes of this Act, an offshore petroleum operation is an activity 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.

        (4)         Without limiting subsection (3), an offshore petroleum operation includes the following activities —

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

            (b)         commissioning, operating or maintaining an offshore petroleum site;

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

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

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

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

            (g)         a prescribed activity carried out in the adjacent area.

        (5)         However, an offshore petroleum operation does not include the following activities —

            (a)         using an offtake tanker;

            (b)         using a tug or an anchor handler;

            (c)         providing supplies to a vessel or structure or otherwise travelling between a vessel or structure and the shore;

            (d)         a prescribed activity.

        [Section 4A inserted: No. 36 of 2020 s. 336.]