reg 4

Terms used

In force

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

approved, in relation to an environment plan, means approved by the Minister under regulation 11;

environment means —

(a)

ecosystems and their constituent parts, including people and communities; and

(b)

natural and physical resources; and

(c)

the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas; and

(d)

the heritage value of places,

and includes the social, economic and cultural features of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d);

environment plan, in relation to a pipeline activity, means an environment plan submitted by the operator of the pipeline activity that is approved and revised from time to time under these regulations, but does not include —

(a)

if the environment plan is approved in part — that part of the plan that is not approved; or

(b)

an environment plan for which the approval has been withdrawn;

environmental impact means any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, that wholly or partly results from a pipeline activity of an operator;

environmental performance means the performance of an operator in relation to the environmental performance objectives and environmental performance standards provided for in an environment plan;

environmental performance objective means an environmental performance objective included in an environment plan under regulation 14(5)(a);

environmental performance standard means an environmental performance standard included in an environment plan under regulation 14(5)(b);

environmental risk means the chance of something happening that will have an adverse environmental impact, measured in terms of the environmental consequences and the likelihood of those particular consequences occurring;

instrument holder, for a pipeline activity, means the registered holder of a pipeline instrument for the pipeline activity and includes a licensee;

nominated address, for an operator, means the address of the operator of which notice has been given under regulation 37(5)(a);

operator, of a pipeline activity, means —

(a)

if there is a person recorded by the Minister as the operator of the pipeline activity under regulation 40 — that person; or

(b)

in any other case —

(i)

if there is a pipeline instrument for the pipeline activity — the person responsible to the instrument holder for the overall management and operation of the pipeline activity (whether or not the pipeline activity has commenced); or

(ii)

if there is no pipeline instrument for the pipeline activity — the person carrying out the pipeline activity;

pipeline activity means —

(a)

any operations or works carried out under a pipeline instrument; or

(b)

any other operations or works carried out in relation to a pipeline which may have an environmental impact,

and includes —

(c)

construction and installation of a pipeline; and

(d)

operation of a pipeline; and

(e)

modification of a pipeline; and

(f)

decommissioning, dismantling or removing a pipeline; and

(g)

storage, processing or transport of petroleum using a pipeline; and

(h)

conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance by pipeline; and

(i)

care and maintenance of land, waters and infrastructure in relation to a pipeline; and

(j)

rehabilitation of land or waters in relation to a pipeline;

pipeline instrument means —

(a)

a licence; or

(b)

any other authority or consent granted by instrument under the Act for the carrying out of operations or works relating to a pipeline;

recordable incident, for an operator of a pipeline activity, means an incident arising from the pipeline activity that —

(a)

breaches an environmental performance objective or environmental performance standard in the environment plan for the pipeline activity; and

(b)

is not a reportable incident;

reportable incident, for an operator of a pipeline activity, means —

(a)

an incident that is classified as a reportable incident under the environment plan for the pipeline activity; or

(b)

an incident arising from the pipeline activity if —

(i)

the incident has caused, or has the potential to cause, an adverse environmental impact; and

(ii)

under the environmental risk assessment process described in the environment plan for the pipeline activity, that environmental impact is categorised as moderate or more serious than moderate;

revise, for an environment plan, includes to extend or modify.

[Regulation 4 amended: SL 2026/82 r. 76.]

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