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