Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Regulation 2016
sec.26Notifiable road use— Act , s 62
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sec.26 Notifiable road use— Act , s 62
For section 62 of the Act , a notifiable road use is— use of a public road, within an authorised area for a resource authority, for transport relating to a seismic survey or drilling activity; or use of a public road at more than the haulage threshold rate if the haulage relates to— transporting minerals that were mined, released by mining, or processed on land in an authorised area for a resource authority under the Mineral Resources Act ; or minerals processed in a refinery to become another substance transporting petroleum produced or processed in an authorised area for a resource authority under the P&G Act or 1923 Act ; or transporting GHG streams for a resource authority under the Greenhouse Gas Act ; or constructing a pipeline for a relevant resource authority. Subsection (1) (b) applies even if the public road is not on land in the area of the resource authority. In this section— haulage threshold rate means— for a State-controlled road—50,000t a year; or for another public road—10,000t a year. relevant resource authority means a resource authority under the P&G Act , 1923 Act , Geothermal Act or Greenhouse Gas Act . (sec.26-ssec.1) For section 62 of the Act , a notifiable road use is— use of a public road, within an authorised area for a resource authority, for transport relating to a seismic survey or drilling activity; or use of a public road at more than the haulage threshold rate if the haulage relates to— transporting minerals that were mined, released by mining, or processed on land in an authorised area for a resource authority under the Mineral Resources Act ; or minerals processed in a refinery to become another substance transporting petroleum produced or processed in an authorised area for a resource authority under the P&G Act or 1923 Act ; or transporting GHG streams for a resource authority under the Greenhouse Gas Act ; or constructing a pipeline for a relevant resource authority. (sec.26-ssec.2) Subsection (1) (b) applies even if the public road is not on land in the area of the resource authority. (sec.26-ssec.3) In this section— haulage threshold rate means— for a State-controlled road—50,000t a year; or for another public road—10,000t a year. relevant resource authority means a resource authority under the P&G Act , 1923 Act , Geothermal Act or Greenhouse Gas Act .
- (a) use of a public road, within an authorised area for a resource authority, for transport relating to a seismic survey or drilling activity; or
- (b) use of a public road at more than the haulage threshold rate if the haulage relates to— (i) transporting minerals that were mined, released by mining, or processed on land in an authorised area for a resource authority under the Mineral Resources Act ; or Example of processed minerals— minerals processed in a refinery to become another substance (ii) transporting petroleum produced or processed in an authorised area for a resource authority under the P&G Act or 1923 Act ; or (iii) transporting GHG streams for a resource authority under the Greenhouse Gas Act ; or (iv) constructing a pipeline for a relevant resource authority.