Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018
sec.155Who is liable to pay a safety and health fee
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sec.155 Who is liable to pay a safety and health fee
Subject to sections 156 , 160 and 162 , a person (a liable person ) who is a person mentioned in subsection (2) at any time during a financial year must pay a safety and health fee for the year. For subsection (1) , the persons are each of the following— the operator of an operating plant used to drill a petroleum well, geothermal well (other than a well drilled for wet geothermal production), GHG well or UCG well; the operator of a workover rig that performs well completion or maintenance work for a petroleum well, geothermal well, GHG well or UCG well; the holder of an authority to prospect; the holder of a geothermal permit; the holder of a GHG permit; the holder of a petroleum lease under which petroleum was produced; the operator of a petroleum facility that is any of the following types— a major processing facility; a facility that produces syngas; a facility that produces a gasification or retorting product, other than mineral (f) produced by an underground gasification activity; a facility that produces LPG from petroleum; a facility that produces LNG and— is not a major hazard facility under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 ; and must operate under a safety management system under the Act ; a facility that produces CNG and— is not a major hazard facility under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 ; and must operate under a safety management system under the Act ; a facility that produces mineral (f) under an underground gasification activity; a petroleum facility on an area to which a petroleum facility licence applies that is not mentioned in subparagraphs (i) to (vii) ; the operator of a facility, including a GHG well, or a series of GHG wells, and associated storage and injection equipment used to carry out injection of a GHG stream into the same or associated reservoirs that are part of the 1 GHG project; the operator of a pipeline under a pipeline licence; the operator of a distribution pipeline that is not part of a distribution system; the operator of a GHG stream pipeline; the operator of a distribution system; the operator of a non-automotive LPG delivery network if the combined water capacity of fuel gas containers for non-automotive LPG in the network is more than 12,000L; a product supplier of automotive LPG; the operator of a site (a major consumer ) if the gas devices installed at the site have a total gas capacity of 50GJ/hr or more and gas has been consumed at the site by a gas device; the operator of a facility that produces or processes biogas or biomethane; the operator of a special effects gas system. The amount of the fee must be calculated in the way provided under schedule 6 , part 3 . A liable person who is mentioned in more than 1 category of liable persons for a year must pay a safety and health fee for each category for the year. s 155 amd 2020 SL No. 32 s 31 ; 2021 SL No. 75 s 25 (sec.155-ssec.1) Subject to sections 156 , 160 and 162 , a person (a liable person ) who is a person mentioned in subsection (2) at any time during a financial year must pay a safety and health fee for the year. (sec.155-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the persons are each of the following— the operator of an operating plant used to drill a petroleum well, geothermal well (other than a well drilled for wet geothermal production), GHG well or UCG well; the operator of a workover rig that performs well completion or maintenance work for a petroleum well, geothermal well, GHG well or UCG well; the holder of an authority to prospect; the holder of a geothermal permit; the holder of a GHG permit; the holder of a petroleum lease under which petroleum was produced; the operator of a petroleum facility that is any of the following types— a major processing facility; a facility that produces syngas; a facility that produces a gasification or retorting product, other than mineral (f) produced by an underground gasification activity; a facility that produces LPG from petroleum; a facility that produces LNG and— is not a major hazard facility under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 ; and must operate under a safety management system under the Act ; a facility that produces CNG and— is not a major hazard facility under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 ; and must operate under a safety management system under the Act ; a facility that produces mineral (f) under an underground gasification activity; a petroleum facility on an area to which a petroleum facility licence applies that is not mentioned in subparagraphs (i) to (vii) ; the operator of a facility, including a GHG well, or a series of GHG wells, and associated storage and injection equipment used to carry out injection of a GHG stream into the same or associated reservoirs that are part of the 1 GHG project; the operator of a pipeline under a pipeline licence; the operator of a distribution pipeline that is not part of a distribution system; the operator of a GHG stream pipeline; the operator of a distribution system; the operator of a non-automotive LPG delivery network if the combined water capacity of fuel gas containers for non-automotive LPG in the network is more than 12,000L; a product supplier of automotive LPG; the operator of a site (a major consumer ) if the gas devices installed at the site have a total gas capacity of 50GJ/hr or more and gas has been consumed at the site by a gas device; the operator of a facility that produces or processes biogas or biomethane; the operator of a special effects gas system. (sec.155-ssec.3) The amount of the fee must be calculated in the way provided under schedule 6 , part 3 . (sec.155-ssec.4) A liable person who is mentioned in more than 1 category of liable persons for a year must pay a safety and health fee for each category for the year.