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Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Environment) Regulations 2012.

Country/Territory
Australia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Oil Transport/storage Authorization/permit Management/conservation Environmental planning Environmental standards Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enter into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

These Regulations, consisting of 45 sections divided into six Parts, aim at ensuring that any petroleum activity carried out in the adjacent area is: a) carried out in a manner consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and b) carried out in accordance with an environment plan that: i) demonstrates that the environmental impacts and environmental risks of the petroleum activity will be reduced to as low as is reasonably practicable; and ii) has appropriate environmental performance objectives and environmental performance standards; and (iii) has appropriate measurement criteria for determining whether those objectives and standards have been met. The Regulations are divided as follows: Part 1 Preliminary; Part 2 Environment plans; Part 3 Incidents, reports and records; Part 4 Environmental requirements; Part 5 Operators of petroleum activities; Part 6 Transitional provisions.

Full text
English
Website
www.slp.wa.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982.

Legislation | Australia | 1982 (2020)

Keyword: Oil, Exploration, Mining, Transport/storage, Royalties/fees, Authorization/permit, Coastal zone management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX