Petroleum Regulations 2021

to provide for the elimination and minimisation, so far as is reasonably practicable, of hazards and risks to the environment, public amenity and public safety involved in undertaking petroleum operations over the life of those operations; and

to provide for the elimination and minimisation, so far as is reasonably practicable, of impacts from petroleum operations on local communities; and

to ensure effective engagement by authority holders with the community over the life of an authority; and

to provide for the effective management of petroleum reservoirs and petroleum storage reservoirs; and

to prescribe requirements for operation plans, storage development plans and petroleum production development plans; and

to prescribe requirements for applications for, and notices of applications for, an authority; and

to prescribe reporting requirements, including the information and samples, that an authority holder must provide to the Minister; and

to provide for various administrative matters, fees and other requirements of the Act.