QLDIn ForceAct
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.1039Existing pipes and systems
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.1039
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004.
### sec.1039 Existing pipes and systems
This section applies if—
immediately before the commencement, a pipe, or system of pipes, for transporting a substance (an existing pipe or system ) was not a pipeline under former section 16; and
on the commencement, the existing pipe or system becomes a pipeline under new section 16 because the substance transported through the pipe or system is prescribed under new section 11A(c).
Despite new sections 16 and 670, the existing pipe or system is not a pipeline or an operating plant under the amended Act.
s 1039 ins 2023 No. 25 s 30
(sec.1039-ssec.1) This section applies if— immediately before the commencement, a pipe, or system of pipes, for transporting a substance (an existing pipe or system ) was not a pipeline under former section 16; and on the commencement, the existing pipe or system becomes a pipeline under new section 16 because the substance transported through the pipe or system is prescribed under new section 11A(c).
(sec.1039-ssec.2) Despite new sections 16 and 670, the existing pipe or system is not a pipeline or an operating plant under the amended Act.
- (a) immediately before the commencement, a pipe, or system of pipes, for transporting a substance (an existing pipe or system ) was not a pipeline under former section 16; and
- (b) on the commencement, the existing pipe or system becomes a pipeline under new section 16 because the substance transported through the pipe or system is prescribed under new section 11A(c).