229Criteria for acceptance of well operations management plan

229 Criteria for acceptance of well operations management plan

(1) The Minister must accept a well operations management plan under regulation 228(1)(a) or (5)(a) if the Minister is satisfied that—

(a) the plan is appropriate for the nature and scale of the well activity; and

(b) the plan shows that the risks identified by the titleholder in relation to the well activity will be managed in accordance with sound engineering principles, standards, specifications and good oilfield practice; and

(c) the plan includes the matters mentioned in regulation 230; and

(d) the way in which the well activity will be carried out—

(i) will not result in the occurrence of any significant new detrimental risk or effect to the well activity; and

(ii) will not result in any significant increase in a detrimental risk or effect to the well activity that already exists.

(2) The Minister must not accept a well operations management plan if the Minister is not satisfied that the plan meets the requirements of subregulation (1).