Western Australian Current Acts

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 6B

6B .         Infrastructure facilities

        (1)         In this Act —

        infrastructure facilities means facilities for engaging in any of the activities mentioned in subsection (2), being —

            (a)         facilities that are resting on the seabed; or

            (b)         facilities (including facilities that are floating) that are fixed or connected to the seabed; or

            (c)         facilities that are attached or tethered to facilities referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

        (2)         The activities referred to in subsection (1) are the following —

            (a)         remote control of facilities used for the recovery of petroleum in a licence area;

            (b)         processing petroleum recovered in any place, including —

                  (i)         converting petroleum into another form by physical or chemical means or both (for example, converting it into liquefied natural gas or methanol); and

                  (ii)         partial processing of petroleum (for example, by the removal of water);

            (c)         storing petroleum before it is transported to another place;

            (d)         preparing petroleum (for example, by operations such as pumping or compressing) for transport to another place;

            (e)         activities related to any of the above,

                but, except as mentioned in paragraph (a), do not include engaging in the exploration for, or recovery of, petroleum.

        [Section 6B inserted No. 42 of 2010 s. 67.]