23.Pipeline failures and fires, duties of licensee6
24.Transitional provision — time for bringing proceedings for offences committed before certain amendments7
26.Plan of operational procedure to be submitted with application under Act s. 368
27.Requirement to provide annual pipeline performance report8
28.Reports may be combined9
29.Pipeline performance report for part of year9
30.Terms used10
31.Existing pipeline activities10
32.Terminated pipeline activity10
33.Transitional provisions relating to Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 202411
Schedule 3 — Fees
Fourth Schedule
Notes
Compilation table15
Other notes17
Defined terms
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Act 1969
1.Citation
These regulations are the Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Regulations 1970.
[Regulation 1 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 79.]
2.Term used
In these regulations —
document, in relation to service and lodgment —
(a)means an application, a form, an instrument, a nomination, a notice or a submission; and
(b)includes any other record of information with respect to a pipeline operation.
[Regulation 2 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 80.]
3.Additives to petroleum
For the purpose of paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of petroleum in section 4(1) of the Act, each of the following is prescribed —
(a)a substance to assist the safe and effective conveyance of petroleum through a pipeline (such as an odorant or an anti‑corrosive); or
(b)hydrogen of a quantity that is approved by the Minister having regard to the integrity of a pipeline.
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[Regulation 3 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 80.]
4.Fees
The several fees set out in Schedule 3 are prescribed for the respective purposes mentioned in that Schedule.
[Regulation 4 inserted: Gazette 11 Nov 1983 p. 4543; amended: SL 2022/58 r. 24.]
[4A.Deleted: Gazette 22 Jul 1994 p. 3780.]
4B.Prescribed amount for Act s. 29(1)
For the purposes of section 29(1) of the Act, the prescribed amount is an amount of $239.00.
[Regulation 4B inserted: Gazette 28 Sep 1990 p. 5103; amended: Gazette 27 Jun 2000 p. 3251; 28 June 2002 p. 3096; 28 Feb 2003 p. 671; 23 Jun 2009 p. 2479; 9 Feb 2010 p. 269; 11 May 2010 p. 1823; 1 Jul 2011 p. 2740; 12 Jun 2012 p. 2458; 25 Feb 2014 p. 503; 17 Jun 2014 p. 1987; 30 Jun 2015 p. 2351; 24 Jun 2016 p. 2334; 23 Jun 2017 p. 3308; 25 Jun 2018 p. 2323; 18 Jun 2019 p. 2055; SL 2020/93 r. 20; SL 2025/90 r. 23; SL 2026/124 r. 10.]
[4BA.Deleted: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2019.]
4C.Instrument of transfer under Act s. 44(3)(a)
For the purposes of section 44(3)(a) of the Act, the approved form of an instrument of transfer is the form set out in the Fourth Schedule.
[Regulation 4C inserted: Gazette 28 Sep 1990 p. 5103; amended: SL 2026/82 r. 81.]
4D.Instrument under Act s. 47(4)(b)
(1)For the purposes of section 47(4)(b) of the Act, the following particulars are prescribed —
(a)description and date of execution of the instrument evidencing the dealing referred to in section 47(4)(a) of the Act (in this subregulation referred to as the dealing);
(b)details of the licence (including the number of the licence) to which the dealing relates;
(c)full name and business address of each party to the dealing;
(d)details of the effect or effects, on registration, of the dealing specified in the relevant paragraph or paragraphs of section 47(1) of the Act;
(e)details of the interest or interests in the licence of all parties to the dealing —
(i)before the registration of the dealing; and
(ii)in the event of approval of the dealing, after the registration of the dealing;
(f)in respect of any related dealing in relation to which an entry has been made in the register or an application in writing for approval by the Minister has been lodged (whether before or after the day fixed under section 2(1) of the Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 1) —
(i)description and date of execution of the instrument evidencing the dealing; and
(ii)date of approval by the Minister (if appropriate); and
(iii)registration number (if any).
(2)In subregulation (1) —
related dealing means any dealing executed, before the execution of the instrument evidencing the dealing referred to in subregulation (1)(a), by some or all of the parties to that instrument —
(a)that affects the licence which is the subject of the dealing to which the instrument referred to in subregulation (1)(a) relates; and
(b)that —
(i)creates or assigns an option to enter into the dealing referred to in subregulation (1)(a); or
(ii)creates or assigns a right to enter into the dealing referred to in subregulation (1)(a); or
(iii)is altered or terminated by the dealing referred to in subregulation (1)(a),
and includes any transaction in respect of which an instrument was registered under section 47 of the Act before the day fixed under section 2(1) of the Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 1.
[Regulation 4D inserted: Gazette 28 Sep 1990 p. 5103‑4.]
5.Service of documents
(1)A pipeline licensee must provide an email address for the service of documents by electronic means.
(2)If the Minister is required to serve a document on the licensee, the Minister may serve the document as an email attachment to the email address provided by the licensee.
(3)A document served by email on a licensee is taken to have been served —
(a)if it is sent before 4.30 pm on a working day — on that day; or
(b)otherwise — on the next working day.
[Regulation 5 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 82.]
6.Lodging documents through Department’s website
(1)A document that is required under the Act to be lodged may be lodged as an electronic version by means of the Department’s website.
(2)A document that is lodged electronically after 4.30 pm on a working day and before 8.30 am on the next working day is taken to have been lodged at 8.30 am on that next working day.
(3)The Minister may at any time require a person who has lodged a document electronically to lodge it in hard copy form at the Department’s customer service counter at Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004.
[Regulation 6 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 82.]
[4E, 4F.Deleted: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2019.]
[7, 8.Deleted: Gazette 11 Nov 1983 p. 4543.]
[9‑17.Deleted: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2019.]
18.Surveys of pipelines to be made and lodged
For the purpose of precisely locating a pipeline, the licensee shall cause to be made a survey to a standard as directed by the Minister, and a copy of such survey shall be lodged by the licensee with the Minister.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
[Regulation 18 amended: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2019.]
[19.Deleted: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2019.]
20.Pipeline’s position to be signposted
(1)Signs of such a kind as the Minister generally or in any special case directs under the Act, shall be erected by the licensee and maintained at each point where a pipeline enters or leaves the limits of a highway, road, railway, river, stream or dry creek bed and at any other point so directed by the Minister.
(2)When a pipeline that is marked as provided by this regulation or the direction of the Minister is removed from the situation that necessitated its being so marked, the signs shall be removed by the licensee.
Penalty applicable to subregulations (1) and (2): a fine of $5 000.
[Regulation 20 amended: Gazette 22 Jul 1994 p. 3780; 14 May 2010 p. 2019.]
21.Inspector’s powers
An inspector, for the purposes of the Act other than a listed OSH law, may examine or inquire into any phase of a construction, modification or reconstruction of a pipeline or the installation of any component part of any pipeline, and may request rectification by the licensee of any part of the construction, modification, reconstruction or installation that is not in accord with the Act.
[Regulation 21 amended: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2020.]
22.Disobeying inspector, consequence of
Where any request by an inspector under regulation 21 is not complied with by the licensee the inspector may recommend that permission to operate the pipeline should be refused by the Minister.
23.Pipeline failures and fires, duties of licensee
(1)Immediately a licensee becomes aware of the escape or ignition from a pipeline of petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance being conveyed in the pipeline, the licensee —
[(a)deleted]
(b)shall take such action as is necessary to minimise the loss of the petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance from the pipeline and the pollution of surrounding lands and water.
(2)Where the pipeline is repaired after the escape of the petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance or ignition of petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance from the pipeline, the licensee must immediately submit a written report to the Minister giving full information as to —
(a)the time and place of the escape or ignition of the petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance; and
(b)the approximate quantity of petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance that escaped; and
(c)the damage resulting from the escape or ignition of the petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance; and
(d)the conditions that caused or contributed to the escape or ignition of the petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance if they are known; and
(e)the methods adopted to carry out the repairs to the pipeline.
Penalty applicable to subregulations (1) and (2): a fine of $5 000.
[Regulation 23 amended: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2020; SL 2026/82 r. 83.]
24.Transitional provision — time for bringing proceedings for offences committed before certain amendments
section 29(1) means the Petroleum Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 section 29(1) (which inserts section 66BA of the Act).
(2)The Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 21(2) as in effect immediately before the commencement of section 29(1) applies to an offence against the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 committed before that commencement as if section 29(1) had not been enacted.
[Regulation 24 inserted: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2020‑1.]
[25.Deleted: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2021.]
26.Plan of operational procedure to be submitted with application under Act s. 36
A licensee shall attach to his application for consent to operate a pipeline under section 36 of the Act, a plan of the operational procedure that the applicant proposes to follow in operating the pipeline.
27.Requirement to provide annual pipeline performance report
(1)A licensee must give the Minister a report (an annual pipeline performance report) for a reporting period for the licence within —
(a)30 days after the day on which the reporting period for the licence ends; or
(b)if the Minister authorises the licensee to give the annual pipeline performance report within another period — the other period.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.
(2)An annual pipeline performance report must contain information that demonstrates the performance of the licensee in maintaining the integrity of the pipeline and may include any other information that the licensee believes is relevant to the title.
(3)For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 29, a reporting period for the licence is either —
(a)a year of the term of the licence; or
(b)if the Minister gives written agreement to a different 12‑month period, the different period.
[Regulation 27 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 84.]
28.Reports may be combined
A licensee with more than 1 licence may combine the annual pipeline performance reports into a single document with the written agreement of the Minister.
[Regulation 28 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 84.]
29.Pipeline performance report for part of year
(1)This regulation applies if —
(a)a licence ceases to be in force (whether the licence has expired or been cancelled, revoked, surrendered or terminated); and
(b)the term of the licence was not a whole number of years.
(2)The Minister may, by written notice, require the licence holder to give a pipeline performance report to the Minister for the reporting period at the end of the term that was not a year of the term.
(3)The notice must specify the date by which the report must be given, which date must be at least 30 days after the day on which the notice is given.
(4)A licence holder must comply with a notice given to the licence holder under subregulation (2).
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.
[Regulation 29 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 84.]
30.Terms used
In this regulation and regulations 31 and 32 —
commencement day means the day on which section 27 comes into operation;
transitional period means the period of 12 months beginning on commencement day.
[Regulation 30 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 84.]
31.Existing pipeline activities
existing pipeline activity means a pipeline activity undertaken by a licence holder before commencement day that continues on or after that day.
(2)Regulation 27(1) does not apply in relation to an existing pipeline activity until — in the case where, before the end of the transitional period, the licence holder undertaking the pipeline activity is due to give its first annual pipeline performance report — the day after the end of the transitional period.
[Regulation 31 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 84.]
32.Terminated pipeline activity
terminated pipeline activity means a pipeline activity for which the licence has expired or been cancelled, revoked, surrendered or terminated.
(2)Regulation 29(2) does not apply in relation to a terminated pipeline activity until — in the case where, before the end of the transitional period, the licence holder has received written notice from the Minister requiring the licence holder to give an assessment report to the Minister — the day after the end of the transitional period.
[Regulation 32 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 84.]
33.Transitional provisions relating to Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2024
amendment day means the day on which the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2024 section 176 comes into operation.
(2)This regulation is made under section 68(2) of the Act.
(3)Subregulation (4) applies if —
(a)an application for approval of a transfer is made before amendment day under section 44 of the Act; and
(b)neither of the following occurs before amendment day —
(i)the transfer is registered;
(ii)the Minister informs the applicant that the Minister has decided not to approve the transfer.
(4)On and after amendment day —
(a)section 44 of the Act, as amended by the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2024 Part 3, applies in relation to the application and transfer as if the application had been made under section 44 of the Act as so amended; and
(b)for that purpose, in section 44(1), (4), (12) and (13) of the Act, references to an instrument of transfer are to an instrument of transfer that accompanied the application under section 44(3)(a) of the Act as in force before amendment day.
(5)Subregulation (6) applies if —
(a)an application for approval of a dealing is made before amendment day under section 47 of the Act; and
(b)neither of the following occurs before amendment day —
(i)an entry is made in the register in relation to the dealing under section 47(12) of the Act;
(ii)the Minister informs the applicant that the Minister has decided to refuse to approve the dealing.
(6)On and after amendment day —
(a)section 47 of the Act, as amended by the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2024 Part 3, applies in relation to the application and dealing as if the application had been made under section 47 of the Act as so amended; and
(b)for that purpose, in section 47(13)(a) to (c) of the Act, references to an instrument for the purpose of section 47(4)(b) of the Act are to an instrument for the purpose of section 47(4)(b) of the Act as in force before amendment day.
[Regulation 33 inserted: SL 2026/82 r. 84.]
[First Schedule deleted: Gazette 22 Jul 1994 p. 3780.]
[Second Schedule deleted: Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2021.]
Schedule 3 — Fees
[r. 4]
[Heading inserted: SL 2025/90 r. 24.]
Item
Purpose
Provision of Act
Fee ($)
1.
Application for licence
s. 8(l)(j)
8 740.00
2.
Application for variation of licence
s. 15(2)(d)
8 740.00
3.
Registration of memorandum of transfer and name of transferee
s. 44(9)
171.00
4.
Registration as licensee on devolution by operation of law
s. 45(2)
171.00
5.
Application by company licensee for registration of change of name
s. 45(3)(b)
156.00
6.
Registration of approval of dealing
s. 47(12)
171.00
7.
Inspection of register
s. 52(1)
149.00
8.
Copies of or extracts from the register or of or from an instrument certified by Minister
s. 53(2)
149.00 per page
9.
Certificate by Minister as to entry, matter or things under the Act
s. 53(3)
142.00
[Schedule 3 inserted: SL 2025/90 r. 24; amended: SL 2026/124 r. 11.]
being the registered holder/holders (1) of (3) ...........................................................
in consideration of (4) .............................................................................................
hereby transfer all right, title and interest in that (3) ...............................................
to (5) ........................................................................................................................
In witness of this transfer the parties to the transfer have affixed their respective common seals or signatures below on this ............................................................
day of ................................... 20 ..........
(6)(7)
(1)Delete whichever is inapplicable.
(2)Here insert the name of the transferor, or, if there are 2 or more transferors, the name of each transferor.
(3)Here insert the number of the licence transferred.
(4)Here insert the value of the consideration for the transfer or the value of the licence transferred. If the transfer of the licence is pursuant to a dealing which has been approved and registered under the Act, insert a reference that is sufficient to identify that dealing.
(5)Here insert the name and address of the transferee, or, if there are 2 or more transferees, the name and address of each transferee.
(6)Here affix the common seal or signature of the transferor or of each transferor, as the case may be.
(7)Here affix the common seal or signature of the transferee or of each transferee, as the case may be.
[Fourth Schedule inserted: Gazette 28 Sep 1990 p. 5105.]
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Notes
This is a compilation of the Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Regulations 1970 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 1983 11 Nov 1983 p. 4543 11 Nov 1983 (see r. 2 and Gazette 11 Nov 1983 p. 4503)
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 1990 28 Sep 1990 p. 5103‑5 1 Oct 1990 (see r. 2 and Gazette 28 Sep 1990 p. 5099)
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 1993 24 Dec 1993 p. 6832‑3 24 Dec 1993
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 1994 22 Jul 1994 p. 3780 22 Jul 1994 (see r. 2 and Gazette 22 Jul 1994 p. 3728)
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2000 8 Feb 2000 p. 455‑6 8 Feb 2000
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2000 27 Jun 2000
p. 3251 1 Jul 2000 (see r. 2)
Reprint of the Petroleum Pipelines Regulations 1970 as at 18 May 2001
(includes amendments listed above)
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2002 28 Jun 2002 p. 3095‑6 1 Jul 2002 (see r. 2)
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2003 28 Feb 2003 p. 671‑2 28 Feb 2003
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009 23 Jun 2009 p. 2478‑80 r. 1 and 2: 23 Jun 2009 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(b))
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2010 9 Feb 2010 p. 269 r. 1 and 2: 9 Feb 2010 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 10 Feb 2010 (see r. 2(b))
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2010 11 May 2010 p. 1823‑4 r. 1 and 2: 11 May 2010 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 12 May 2010 (see r. 2(b))
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2010 14 May 2010 p. 2018‑21 r. 1 and 2: 14 May 2010 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 15 May 2010 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2015)
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2010 16 Jul 2010 p. 3363‑4 r. 1 and 2: 16 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 17 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(b)(ii))
Reprint 2: The Petroleum Pipelines Regulations 1970 as at 13 Aug 2010
(includes amendments listed above)
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2011 1 Jul 2011 p. 2739‑41 r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b))
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012 12 Jun 2012 p. 2458‑9 r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2012 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2012 (see r. 2(b))
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2014 25 Feb 2014 p. 503 r. 1 and 2: 25 Feb 2014 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 26 Feb 2014 (see r. 2(b))
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2014 17 Jun 2014 p. 1986‑7 r. 1 and 2: 17 Jun 2014 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(b))
Petroleum Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2015 30 Jun 2015 p. 2350‑1 r. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2015 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2015 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Levies) Regulations 2016 Pt. 14 24 Jun 2016 p. 2325‑34 1 Jul 2016 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2017 Pt. 16 23 Jun 2017 p. 3279‑309 1 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2018 Pt. 16 25 Jun 2018 p. 2297‑324 1 Jul 2018 (see r. 2(b))
Reprint 3: The Petroleum Pipelines Regulations 1970 as at 13 Jul 2018 (includes amendments listed above)
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2019 Pt. 16 18 Jun 2019 p. 2040‑56 1 Jul 2019 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2020 Pt. 9 SL 2020/93 26 Jun 2020 1 Jul 2020 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2021 Pt. 13 SL 2021/85 21 Jun 2021 1 Jul 2021 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2022 Pt. 10 SL 2022/58 20 May 2022 1 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2023 Pt. 11 SL 2023/36 5 May 2023 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2024 Pt. 11 SL 2024/97 12 Jun 2024 1 Jul 2024 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2025 Pt. 11 SL 2025/90 11 Jun 2025 1 Jul 2025 (see r. 2(b))
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment Regulations 2026 Pt. 9 SL 2026/82 27 May 2026 28 May 2026 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2026/70 cl. 2)
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2026 Pt. 4 SL 2026/124 24 Jun 2026 1 Jul 2026 (see r. 2(b))
Other notes
1The day fixed under the Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 2(1) was 1 Oct 1990 (see Gazette 28 Sep 1990 p. 5099).
2Now known as the Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Regulations 1970; citation changed (see note under r. 1).
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined termProvision(s)
amendment day33(1)
annual pipeline performance report27(1)
commencement day30
dealing4D(1)
document2
existing pipeline activity31(1)
related dealing4D(2)
reporting period27(3)
section 29(1)24(1)
terminated pipeline activity32(1)
transitional period30
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