sec.45Requirement to remove particular equipment from coal seam

sec.45 Requirement to remove particular equipment from coal seam

The operator of the operating plant must use the operator’s best endeavours to ensure all prescribed equipment that is in, or immediately adjacent to, a coal seam in a petroleum well or bore at the plant is removed before the well or bore is plugged and abandoned. If the prescribed equipment can not be removed using the operator’s best endeavours, the operator must ensure— the location of the equipment is surveyed before the well or bore is plugged and abandoned; and details of the equipment and its location are included in— an end of tenure report under section 546 of the Act or section 76 of the 1923 Act ; and a petroleum well or bore abandonment report under the Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017 . The survey must be carried out— by a person mentioned in section 28 (2) ; and to the level of accuracy mentioned in section 28 (4) ; and if section 30 applies to the petroleum well or bore—to the level of accuracy required for the well or bore under section 30 (3) , (4) or (5) . In this section— prescribed equipment means— metal equipment, other than casing; and other equipment that may create a hazard to coal mining operations. drilling equipment and geophysical logging tools (sec.45-ssec.1) The operator of the operating plant must use the operator’s best endeavours to ensure all prescribed equipment that is in, or immediately adjacent to, a coal seam in a petroleum well or bore at the plant is removed before the well or bore is plugged and abandoned. (sec.45-ssec.2) If the prescribed equipment can not be removed using the operator’s best endeavours, the operator must ensure— the location of the equipment is surveyed before the well or bore is plugged and abandoned; and details of the equipment and its location are included in— an end of tenure report under section 546 of the Act or section 76 of the 1923 Act ; and a petroleum well or bore abandonment report under the Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017 . (sec.45-ssec.3) The survey must be carried out— by a person mentioned in section 28 (2) ; and to the level of accuracy mentioned in section 28 (4) ; and if section 30 applies to the petroleum well or bore—to the level of accuracy required for the well or bore under section 30 (3) , (4) or (5) . (sec.45-ssec.4) In this section— prescribed equipment means— metal equipment, other than casing; and other equipment that may create a hazard to coal mining operations. drilling equipment and geophysical logging tools

• (a) the location of the equipment is surveyed before the well or bore is plugged and abandoned; and
• (b) details of the equipment and its location are included in— (i) an end of tenure report under section 546 of the Act or section 76 of the 1923 Act ; and (ii) a petroleum well or bore abandonment report under the Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017 .