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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
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### 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.