sec.3Main purpose of Act

### sec.3 Main purpose of Act The main purpose of this Act is to facilitate and regulate the carrying out of responsible petroleum activities and the development of a safe, efficient and viable petroleum and fuel gas industry, in a way that— manages the State’s petroleum resources— in a way that has regard to the need for ecologically sustainable development; and for the benefit of all Queenslanders; and enhances knowledge of the State’s petroleum resources; and creates an effective and efficient regulatory system for the carrying out of petroleum activities and the use of petroleum and fuel gas; and encourages and maintains an appropriate level of competition in the carrying out of petroleum activities; and creates an effective and efficient regulatory system for the construction and operation of pipelines; and ensures petroleum activities are carried on in a way that minimises conflict with other land uses; and optimises coal seam gas production and coal or oil shale mining in a safe and efficient way; and appropriately compensates owners or occupiers of land; and encourages responsible land management in the carrying out of petroleum activities; and facilitates constructive consultation with people affected by activities authorised under this Act; and regulates and promotes the safety of persons in relation to operating plant. In this section— petroleum activities means— the exploration, distillation, production, processing, refining, storage and transport of petroleum; and the distillation, production, processing, refining, storage and transport of fuel gas; and authorised activities for petroleum authorities; and other activities authorised under this Act for petroleum authorities. s 3 amd 2009 No. 3 s 534 ; 2011 No. 2 s 121 ; 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 47 s 596 (sec.3-ssec.1) The main purpose of this Act is to facilitate and regulate the carrying out of responsible petroleum activities and the development of a safe, efficient and viable petroleum and fuel gas industry, in a way that— manages the State’s petroleum resources— in a way that has regard to the need for ecologically sustainable development; and for the benefit of all Queenslanders; and enhances knowledge of the State’s petroleum resources; and creates an effective and efficient regulatory system for the carrying out of petroleum activities and the use of petroleum and fuel gas; and encourages and maintains an appropriate level of competition in the carrying out of petroleum activities; and creates an effective and efficient regulatory system for the construction and operation of pipelines; and ensures petroleum activities are carried on in a way that minimises conflict with other land uses; and optimises coal seam gas production and coal or oil shale mining in a safe and efficient way; and appropriately compensates owners or occupiers of land; and encourages responsible land management in the carrying out of petroleum activities; and facilitates constructive consultation with people affected by activities authorised under this Act; and regulates and promotes the safety of persons in relation to operating plant. (sec.3-ssec.2) In this section— petroleum activities means— the exploration, distillation, production, processing, refining, storage and transport of petroleum; and the distillation, production, processing, refining, storage and transport of fuel gas; and authorised activities for petroleum authorities; and other activities authorised under this Act for petroleum authorities. - (a) manages the State’s petroleum resources— (i) in a way that has regard to the need for ecologically sustainable development; and (ii) for the benefit of all Queenslanders; and - (i) in a way that has regard to the need for ecologically sustainable development; and - (ii) for the benefit of all Queenslanders; and - (b) enhances knowledge of the State’s petroleum resources; and - (c) creates an effective and efficient regulatory system for the carrying out of petroleum activities and the use of petroleum and fuel gas; and - (d) encourages and maintains an appropriate level of competition in the carrying out of petroleum activities; and - (e) creates an effective and efficient regulatory system for the construction and operation of pipelines; and - (f) ensures petroleum activities are carried on in a way that minimises conflict with other land uses; and - (g) optimises coal seam gas production and coal or oil shale mining in a safe and efficient way; and - (h) appropriately compensates owners or occupiers of land; and - (i) encourages responsible land management in the carrying out of petroleum activities; and - (j) facilitates constructive consultation with people affected by activities authorised under this Act; and - (k) regulates and promotes the safety of persons in relation to operating plant. - (i) in a way that has regard to the need for ecologically sustainable development; and - (ii) for the benefit of all Queenslanders; and - (a) the exploration, distillation, production, processing, refining, storage and transport of petroleum; and - (b) the distillation, production, processing, refining, storage and transport of fuel gas; and - (c) authorised activities for petroleum authorities; and - (d) other activities authorised under this Act for petroleum authorities.