Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012

i Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012 S.R. No. 42/2012 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Commencement 1 4 Principal Regulations 2 5 New regulation 16A inserted 2 16A Decommissioning plan for part of a pipeline 2 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 4 -- 1 of 5 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2012 S.R. No. 42/2012 Pipelines Act 2005 Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012 The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy with the advice of the Executive Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 13 June 2012 Responsible Minister: MICHAEL O'BRIEN Minister for Energy and Resources YVETTE CARISBROOKE Acting Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Pipelines Regulations 2007 to prescribe— (a) matters relating to preparation of a plan for decommissioning part of a pipeline; and (b) information to be included in a plan for decommissioning part of a pipeline. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 190 of the Pipelines Act 2005. 3 Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2012. -- 2 of 5 -- S.R. No. 42/2012 Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012 2 4 Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Pipelines Regulations 20071 are called the Principal Regulations. 5 New regulation 16A inserted After regulation 16 of the Principal Regulations insert— "16A Decommissioning plan for part of a pipeline For the purposes of section 82A of the Act, a decommissioning plan must set out the following information in relation to the proposed decommissioning process— (a) the strategy, goals and objectives for the decommissioning process; (b) an assessment of technical feasibility of the decommissioning process; (c) an assessment of the safety of the decommissioning process; (d) an assessment of detrimental impacts from the decommissioning process on land (including reasonably foreseeable future uses of land) and the environment and identification of measures to control, mitigate and manage these impacts; (e) the impacts from the decommissioning process on affected landholders; (f) details of any proposed consultation about the decommissioning process with affected landholders and other interested parties; r. 4 -- 3 of 5 -- S.R. No. 42/2012 Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012 3 (g) the methods to be used to ensure that the part of the pipeline that will be decommissioned will be decommissioned in accordance with AS 2885.3—2001; (h) details of the rehabilitation and monitoring of the land through which the pipeline is laid proposed to be carried out before the decommissioning of the part of the pipeline; (i) the proposed timetable for decommissioning works to be completed; (j) if the whole or part of the pipeline is not to be removed, details about the location of the pipeline or the part of the pipeline that is not to be removed.". ═══════════════ r. 5 -- 4 of 5 -- S.R. No. 42/2012 Pipelines Amendment Regulations 2012 4 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 15/2007. —— Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004. Statutory rule provision Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document Regulation 5, which inserts new Regulation 16A into the Principal Regulations AS 2885.3: Pipelines—Gas and Liquid Petroleum, Part 3: Operation and maintenance, published 6 August 2001 as amended from time to time The whole Endnotes -- 5 of 5 --