Western Australian Current Regulations

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2015 - REG 79

79 .         Requirement to give core, cutting or sample

        (1)         An instrument holder commits an offence if the instrument holder —

            (a)         undertakes a drilling activity or other well activity in an instrument area; and

            (b)         collects a core, cutting or sample of a kind specified in an item in the Table; and

            (c)         does not give the quantity of the core, cutting or sample specified in that item in the Table to the Minister within —

                  (i)         the period specified in that item in the Table; or

                  (ii)         if the Minister authorises the instrument holder to give the quantity of the core, cutting or sample within another period — the other period.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000.

Table

Item	Core, cutting or sample	Quantity of core, cutting or sample	Period for giving core, cutting or sample
1.	Ditch cutting	200 g dry weight per sample interval	The period ending on the day 6 months after the rig release date.
2.	Full hole conventional core	One‑third of the core	The period ending on the day 6 months after the rig release date.
3.	Full hole conventional core	Remainder of the core	As soon as practicable after the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination of the relevant instrument.
4.	Gaseous petroleum samples	300 cm 3	As soon as practicable after the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination of the relevant instrument.
5.	Fluid petroleum samples	1 L	For a sample collected during the drilling of a well — the period ending on the day 6 months after the rig release date. For a sample collected during a test on a completed well — as soon as practicable after the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination of the relevant instrument.
6.	Sidewall core material	All material collected	The period ending on the day 18 months after the rig release date.
7.	Palynological, paleontological or petrological material	All material collected	The period ending on the day 18 months after the rig release date.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply if —

            (a)         the quantity of the core, cutting or sample required under subregulation (1)(c) is not available to the instrument holder; and

            (b)         before the end of the relevant period under subregulation (1)(c) the instrument holder gives the Minister a written notice —

                  (i)         explaining why the quantity is not available; and

                  (ii)         setting out the total quantity of the core, cutting or sample that was collected.