PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 980 Converting petroleum wells to water supply bores

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 980

980 Converting petroleum wells to water supply bores

(1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement—

(a) a petroleum tenure holder was converting a petroleum well to a water supply bore under section 283; and

(b) the holder was not converting the well as allowed under section 978.

(2) On the commencement—

(a) the holder is taken to be converting the petroleum well to a water supply bore under new section 283; and

(b) new chapter 2, part 10, division 2 applies.

(3) In this section—


"new chapter 2, part 10, division 2" means chapter 2, part 10, division 2 as inserted under the Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013.


"new section 283" means section 283 as inserted under the Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013.