PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 671 Limitation for facility or pipeline included in coal mining operation

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 671

671 Limitation for facility or pipeline included in coal mining operation

(1) This section applies for a facility or pipeline that is, or is part of, a coal mining operation or an on-site activity under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act .

(2) The facility or pipeline is an operating plant only if—

(a) it is used to explore for, extract, produce, process, release or transport coal seam gas (the
"activity" ); and

(b) one of the following applies—

(i) the activity is carried out under a mineral hydrocarbon mining lease; or

(ii) the person who holds the mining lease, the area of which includes the area on which the activity is carried out, also holds a petroleum lease the area of which includes the area; or

(iii) the activity is carried out under the Mineral Resources Act , section 318CN .

(3) An operating plant mentioned in subsection (2) is a
"coal mining-CSG operating plant" .