Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Decommissioning of petroleum infrastructure and wells

89H: Meaning of relevant older petroleum infrastructure

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"What "relevant older petroleum infrastructure" means: old oil and gas equipment used with a permit"

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When you hear the term "relevant older petroleum infrastructure", it refers to certain oil and gas equipment. This equipment was put in place or used by someone who holds a permit or licence under the Crown Minerals Act, like a permit exchanged under section 32 of this Act. The equipment must have been in place at the time the permit was exchanged.

You also need to know that this term includes equipment used by a permit or licence holder in an area that was later given up and added to their current permit area. It can be equipment used outside the permit area, but only if it was used to help with activities in the permit area. The term "relevant older petroleum infrastructure" applies to both permit and licence holders, and it includes equipment used under certain provisions of the Petroleum Act 1937.

The regulations can declare certain equipment to be "relevant older petroleum infrastructure", even if it does not fit the other descriptions. On the other hand, the regulations can also say that certain equipment is not "relevant older petroleum infrastructure", even if it seems like it should be. When reading about permits and licences, you should know that these terms include all kinds of permits and licences, as mentioned in section 89I.

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Part 1BPermits, access to land, and other matters
Decommissioning of petroleum infrastructure and wells

89HMeaning of relevant older petroleum infrastructure

  1. In this subpart, relevant older petroleum infrastructure

  2. means,—
    1. in relation to a current or former permit holder, petroleum infrastructure—
      1. put in place or used by a permit holder or licence holder (whether the current permit holder or a different permit holder or licence holder) under a permit that was exchanged for the current permit or the former permit under section 32 of this Act or otherwise exchanged on the same day (for example, as evidenced by any notation on a document linking an exploration permit to a current mining permit); and
        1. that was in place at the time the exchange occurred:
        2. also, in relation to a current or former permit holder, petroleum infrastructure put in place or used by a permit holder or licence holder (whether the current permit holder or a different permit holder or licence holder)—
          1. in a part of the permit area or licence area of any former holder’s permit or licence that was subsequently relinquished or surrendered and included on the same day in the permit area of the current permit or included on the same day in a previous permit area or licence area and then subsequently included in the permit area of the current permit; or
            1. anywhere outside the permit area or licence area, but used solely to facilitate activities conducted in the permit or licence area to be relinquished or surrendered:
            2. in relation to a current or former licence holder, petroleum infrastructure—
              1. put in place or used by a licence holder (whether the current licence holder or a different licence holder) under a licence that was exchanged for the current licence or the former licence under section 9(3) or sections 11 and 12, or any other relevant provisions, of the Petroleum Act 1937 (as they read at the time of the exchange) or otherwise exchanged on the same day; and
                1. that was in place at the time the exchange occurred:
                2. also, in relation to a current or former licence holder, petroleum infrastructure put in place or used by a licence holder (whether the current licence holder or a different licence holder)—
                  1. in a part of the licence area or licence area of any former licence holder that was subsequently surrendered and included on the same day in the licence area of the current licence or included on the same day in a previous licence area and then subsequently included in the licence area of the current licence; or
                    1. anywhere outside the licence area, but used solely to facilitate activities conducted in the licence area to be surrendered:
                    2. also includes any class, or item, of petroleum infrastructure declared by the regulations, in relation to a class of, or individual, permit or licence holders, to be relevant older petroleum infrastructure (irrespective of whether any of the preceding paragraphs apply to the class or item of petroleum infrastructure); but
                    3. excludes any class, or item, of petroleum infrastructure declared by the regulations, in relation to a class of, or individual, current permit or licence holders, not to be relevant older petroleum infrastructure (irrespective of whether any of the preceding subparagraphs apply to the class or item of petroleum infrastructure).
                      1. In this section and section 89I,—

                      2. any reference to a permit or a former permit includes a permit or former permit of any kind:
                        1. any reference to a licence or former licence includes a licence or former licence of any kind.
                          Notes
                          • Section 89H: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 53).