Western Australian Current Regulations

PETROLEUM PIPELINES (ENVIRONMENT) REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 42

42 .         Environmental management plans in force before commencement day

        (1)         An environmental management plan that is in force for a pipeline activity immediately before commencement day is taken —

            (a)         to be an environment plan approved under these regulations; and

            (b)         to have been approved on —

                  (i)         the day on which the environmental management plan was accepted by the Minister; or

                  (ii)         if the environmental management plan has been revised — the day on which the last revision of the environmental management plan was accepted by the Minister.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         subregulation (1) applies to an environmental management plan; and

            (b)         the Minister accepted the environmental management plan, or a revision of the environmental management plan, subject to the imposition of any limitations or conditions; and

            (c)         those limitations or conditions applied immediately before commencement day,

                the limitations or conditions are taken to be limitations or conditions imposed under regulation 11(4)(b).

        (3)         If —

            (a)         subregulation (1) applies to an environmental management plan (the transitioned plan ) for a pipeline activity; and

            (b)         the transitioned plan does not meet the criteria set out in regulation 11(1),

                the operator of the pipeline activity must submit a proposed revision of the transitioned plan to the Minister before the end of the transitional period.

        (4)         If, apart from subregulation (3), an operator is required to submit a proposed revision of the transitioned plan during the transitional period under regulation 18,  19 or  20, subregulation (3) does not impose an additional obligation on the operator to submit a proposed revision of the transitioned plan.

        (5)         Regulations 10 and  11 apply to a proposed revision submitted under subregulation (3) as if —

            (a)         a reference in those regulations to the submission, approval or non‑approval of the environment plan were a reference to the submission, approval or non‑approval of the proposed revision; and

            (b)         any other reference in those regulations to the environment plan were a reference to the plan as revised by the proposed revision.

        (6)         If a proposed revision submitted under subregulation (3) is approved by the Minister, regulation 20(1)(b) applies in relation to the approval of the proposed revision as if the proposed revision had been submitted under regulation 20.