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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.553Power to require information or reports about authorised activities to be kept or given
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### sec.553 Power to require information or reports about authorised activities to be kept or given
A regulation, or the chief executive, may, for the services of the State, require a petroleum authority holder to—
keep in the stated way stated information, or types of information, about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum authority; or
in a stated digital format
lodge a notice giving stated information, or types of information, or stated reports at stated times or intervals about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum authority.
for a report about a petroleum well, 6 months after its completion
For subsection (1) , the information or report required to be given or kept may be—
exploration data; or
seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation reports
information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying
other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level
a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well
opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data; or
other information or a report prescribed by regulation.
A requirement under subsection (1) (b) may state—
a format required for giving the information; and
a degree of precision required for the giving of the information.
A copy of a notice under subsection (1) (b) must be given to both the owners and occupiers of affected land in the way and at the times prescribed by regulation.
A person of whom a requirement under subsection (1) has been made must comply with the requirement.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
In this section—
affected land means land on which an authorised activity is, or has been, carried out.
information includes documents, records and samples.
services of the State has the same meaning that the term has in relation to the State of Queensland under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cwlth) , section 183 (1) .
s 553 amd 2004 No. 26 s 187 ; 2005 No. 3 s 105 sch ; 2009 No. 3 s 562 ; 2010 No. 52 s 39 ; 2012 No. 20 s 281 sch 2 ; 2024 No. 33 s 169
(sec.553-ssec.1) A regulation, or the chief executive, may, for the services of the State, require a petroleum authority holder to— keep in the stated way stated information, or types of information, about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum authority; or in a stated digital format lodge a notice giving stated information, or types of information, or stated reports at stated times or intervals about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum authority. for a report about a petroleum well, 6 months after its completion
(sec.553-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the information or report required to be given or kept may be— exploration data; or seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation reports information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data; or other information or a report prescribed by regulation.
(sec.553-ssec.3) A requirement under subsection (1) (b) may state— a format required for giving the information; and a degree of precision required for the giving of the information.
(sec.553-ssec.4) A copy of a notice under subsection (1) (b) must be given to both the owners and occupiers of affected land in the way and at the times prescribed by regulation.
(sec.553-ssec.5) A person of whom a requirement under subsection (1) has been made must comply with the requirement. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.553-ssec.6) In this section— affected land means land on which an authorised activity is, or has been, carried out. information includes documents, records and samples. services of the State has the same meaning that the term has in relation to the State of Queensland under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cwlth) , section 183 (1) .
- (a) keep in the stated way stated information, or types of information, about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum authority; or Example of a way of keeping information— in a stated digital format
- (b) lodge a notice giving stated information, or types of information, or stated reports at stated times or intervals about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum authority. Example of a stated time— for a report about a petroleum well, 6 months after its completion
- (a) exploration data; or Examples of exploration data— • seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation reports • information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying • other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level • a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well
- • seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation reports
- • information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying
- • other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level
- • a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well
- (b) opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data; or
- (c) other information or a report prescribed by regulation.
- • seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation reports
- • information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying
- • other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level
- • a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well
- (a) a format required for giving the information; and
- (b) a degree of precision required for the giving of the information.