(1) In this Act, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or
requires--
"apparatus or works" means--
(a) structures for protecting or supporting a
pipeline,
(b) storage tanks, loading terminals and works and buildings used
or to be used for purposes connected with or incidental to the operation of a
pipeline, and
(c) any fixed equipment or machinery (including any associated
fittings and structures) used or to be used for purposes connected with or
incidental to the operation of a pipeline or connected with or incidental to
the use of any apparatus and works, as defined by paragraph (a) or (b).
"authority to survey" means an authority to enter lands and carry out surveys
granted by the Minister under Division 1 of Part 2.
"Commonwealth Native Title Act" or
"NTA" means the Native Title Act 1993of the Commonwealth.
"Crown lands" means lands that are subject to the Crown Lands Acts and are
not--
(b) held as a homestead
selection or a homestead grant, or
(c) held as a lease in perpetuity under
the Crown Lands Acts,
and includes lands dedicated to a public purpose under
the Crown Lands Acts, whether or not a folio of the Register kept under the
Real Property Act 1900has been created in respect thereof.
"Crown Lands Acts" means the Acts for the time being in force relating to
Crown lands.
"cyber security incident" means acts, events or circumstances involving, or
likely to involve, 1 or more of the following--
(a) unauthorised access to
computer data or a computer program,
(b) unauthorised modification of
computer data or a computer program,
(c) unauthorised impairment of
electronic communication to or from a computer,
(d) unauthorised impairment
of the availability, reliability, security or operation of a computer,
computer data or a computer program.
"Department" means the Department of Planning and Environment.
"incomplete purchase" means a conditional purchase or a purchase by auction or
other purchase of the fee-simple from the Crown under the Crown Lands Acts in
respect of which any of the purchase money remains unpaid.
"inspector" means inspector appointed under this Act.
"land" means--
(a) land in fee-simple other than land referred to in paragraph
(b) or (d),
(a) in relation to land other than Crown lands or lands owned by or
vested in a person on behalf of the Crown or a public authority, includes
every person who jointly or severally, whether at law or in equity--
(i) is
entitled to the land for an estate of freehold in possession or is the holder
of a homestead selection or a homestead grant,
(ii) is the purchaser under an
incomplete purchase, the holder of a lease in perpetuity under the Crown Lands
Acts or a person (not being the purchaser under an incomplete purchase) to
whom a person on behalf of the Crown, or a public authority, has lawfully
contracted to convey or transfer the fee-simple,
(iii) is entitled to
receive, or is in receipt of, or if the land were let to a tenant would be
entitled to receive, the rents and profits thereof, whether as beneficial
owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession, or otherwise,
(b) in relation to
Crown lands and lands (not being lands specified in a contract referred to in
paragraph (a) (ii)) owned by or vested in a person on behalf of the Crown,
means the Crown or that person, and
(c) in relation to lands (not being lands
specified in a contract referred to in paragraph (a) (ii)) owned by or vested
in a public authority, means that authority, and
(d) means any native title
holder within the meaning of the Commonwealth Native Title Act.
(a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a
gaseous, liquid or solid state, or
(b) any naturally occurring mixture of
hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state, or
(c) any
naturally occurring mixture of one or more hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous,
liquid or solid state, and any one or more of the following, that is to say,
hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and carbon dioxide,
and includes any
petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that has been returned to a
natural reservoir.
"pipeline" means a pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of any
substance, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state but does not include a
pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of petroleum within the adjacent
area, as defined in the Petroleum (Offshore) Act 1982 .
"pipeline committee" means a committee appointed under section 5C.
"public authority" means--
(a) the Hunter Water Corporation, New South Wales
Land and Housing Corporation, Rail Corporation New South Wales, Sydney Metro,
Sydney Trains, NSW Trains, Residual Transport Corporation of New South Wales,
Transport for NSW, State Transit Authority, Water NSW, Sydney Water
Corporation or Water Administration Ministerial Corporation, or
(b) a
council, county council or joint organisation within the meaning of the
Local Government Act 1993 , or
(c) any body declared by the Minister, by
order published in the Gazette, to be a public authority for the purposes of
this Act.
(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority
and duty, and
(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where
the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
(2) A
reference in this Act to a pipeline on any land includes a reference to a
pipeline in, under, through, across or above the surface of the land.
(3) In
this Act, a reference to the term of a licence is a reference to the period
during which the licence remains in force and a reference to the date of
expiration of a licence is a reference to the day on which the licence ceases
to be in force.
(6) In this Act, a reference to a pipeline includes a
reference to part of a pipeline.
(7) Unless the context or subject-matter
otherwise indicates or requires, a reference in this Act--
(a) to a pipeline
includes a reference to any apparatus or works constructed, installed or used
or to be constructed, installed or used for purposes connected with or
incidental to the operation of the pipeline, and
(b) to the construction of a
pipeline includes a reference to the installation of any such
apparatus or works.
(8) In this Act, a reference to a licence includes a
reference to the licence as varied for the time being under this Act.
(9)
Notes included in this Act are explanatory notes and do not form part of this
Act.