Section 152 - Petroleum (Offshore) Act 1982 - Regulations

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(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters that by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) In particular, but without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for securing, regulating, controlling or restricting all or any of the following matters—

(a) the exploration for petroleum and the carrying on of operations, and the execution of works, for that purpose,

(b) the recovery of petroleum and the carrying on of operations, and the execution of works, for that purpose,

(c) conserving, and preventing the waste of, the natural resources, whether petroleum or otherwise, of the adjacent area,

(d) the construction and operation of pipelines, water lines, secondary lines, pumping stations, tank stations or valve stations and the carrying on of operations, and the execution of works, for any of those purposes,

(e) the construction, erection, maintenance, operation or use of installations or equipment,

(f) the control of the flow or discharge, and the prevention of the escape, of petroleum, water or drilling fluid, or a mixture of water or drilling fluid with petroleum or any other matter,

(g) the clean-up or other remedying of the effects of the escape of petroleum,

(h) the prevention of damage to petroleum-bearing strata in an area, whether within the adjacent area or not, in respect of which a permit, lease or licence is not in force,

(i) the keeping separate of—

(i) each petroleum pool discovered in a permit area, lease area or licence area, and

(ii) each source of water discovered in a permit area, lease area or licence area,

(j) the prevention of water or other matter from entering a petroleum pool through wells,

(k) the prevention of the waste or escape of petroleum or water from a pipeline, water line, secondary line, pumping station, tank station or valve station,