Work Health and Safety Act 2020

In this section —

means residential premises —

the occupation of which is necessary for the purposes of workers’ engagement at a petroleum site; and

that are not situated within a townsite as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 26(1) or the metropolitan region as defined in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1);

includes land, buildings and recreational facilities used in connection with the occupation of those premises;

means a place at which an activity referred to in subsection (2) is, or is to be, carried out; and

includes any fixture, fitting, plant or structure at the place;

a permit, drilling reservation, lease, licence or other authority (however described) granted under —

the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 in relation to petroleum; or

the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969; or

the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982;

the Barrow Island lease as defined in the Barrow Island Act 2003 section 3.

A petroleum operation is an activity that is carried out in an area in respect of which a petroleum title is in force, or that is carried out in the adjacent area, for the purpose of any of the following —

exploring for petroleum;

drilling or servicing a well for petroleum;

extracting or recovering petroleum;

injecting petroleum into a natural underground reservoir;

processing petroleum;

handling or storing petroleum;

the piped conveyance or offloading of petroleum.

Without limiting subsection (2), a petroleum operation includes the following activities —

planning, designing, preparing or constructing a petroleum site if the activity is carried out at or in the vicinity of the petroleum site;

commissioning, operating or maintaining a petroleum site;

decommissioning or abandoning a petroleum site or removing any fixture, fitting, plant or structure from a petroleum site;

constructing, commissioning, operating or maintaining administrative or other support facilities at or in the vicinity of a petroleum site;

an activity relating to the care, security or maintenance of a petroleum site carried out at or in the vicinity of the petroleum site;

constructing, commissioning, operating or maintaining accommodation premises at or in the vicinity of a petroleum site;

a prescribed activity carried out in —

an area in respect of which a petroleum title is in force; or

the adjacent area.