Pipelines Act 2005

The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing which by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or which is necessary to be prescribed for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Without limiting subsection (1), the Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

the granting and issuing of licences;

pipeline operations including matters relating to health, safety and the environment;

consultation plans for proposed pipelines;

Safety Management Plans and Environment Management Plans, specifying the requirements and standards with which a Plan must comply;

decommissioning plans for pipelines;

entry onto land;

fees and forms for the purposes of this Act.

The regulations—

may be of general or of specially limited application; and

may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and

may require a matter affected by the regulations to be—

in accordance with a specified standard or specified requirement; or

approved by or to the satisfaction of a specified person or a specified class of person; or

as specified in both subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and

may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document whether—

wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time; and

may confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or a specified class of person; and

may impose a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for a contravention of the regulations.