PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 16 What is a pipeline

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 16

16 What is a pipeline

(1) A
"pipeline" is a pipe, or system of pipes, for transporting—

(a) generally—petroleum, fuel gas, produced water, prescribed storage gases or regulated hydrogen; and

(b) GHG streams; and

(c) substances prescribed under section 402 .

Note—

There is no automatic right to use a pipeline for a substance mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) . A condition of a pipeline licence may extend the licence holder’s rights to include those substances. See sections 401 and 402 .

(2) A reference to a
"pipeline" includes—

(a) a part of the pipeline, including the pipeline’s end points; and

(b) a thing connected to or associated with the pipeline that is necessary for its operation.

Examples of things that may be included in a reference to a pipeline—

• meter stations, scraper stations, valve stations, pumping stations or compressor stations

• plant and equipment, machinery and tanks

• corrosion protection apparatus

• communications equipment and towers

(3) A pipeline’s
"end points" are—

(a) if the pipeline has not operated for the first time—the points at which a substance mentioned in subsection (1) will enter or exit the pipeline on the day the pipeline first operates; or

(b) otherwise—the points at which the substance enters or exits the pipeline.