PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 631 What is a meter

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 631

631 What is a meter

(1) A
"meter" is a device used to work out, by direct measurement, the energy, mass or volume of petroleum or fuel gas transferred from one place to another.

(2) A
"meter" includes—

(a) a measuring device and its ancillary equipment; and

Examples of a measuring device—

a positive displacement meter, turbine meter and orifice metering

Example of ancillary equipment—

a flow computer

(b) a measurement method.

Examples of measurement methods—

1 calibrated weighbridge differences

2 tank dip readings

3 for disposal of incidental coal seam gas in ventilation air from an underground coal mine, estimation of flow rates and sampling of methane content measurements

(3) A reference to a
"meter" includes a part of the meter.