Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (MANAGEMENT OF WELL OPERATIONS) REGULATIONS 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Object of these regulations  
   3.      Definitions  

   PART 2 -- Titleholder’s general duties  

   4.      Activity not to be carried out without accepted well operations management plan  
   5.      Compliance with accepted well operations management plan and regulations  
   6.      Impact of well integrity hazard or increased risk not identified in well operations management plan  
   7.      Approval for well activities that change wellbore  
   8.      Emergencies  

   PART 3 -- Well operations management plans  

   9.      Request for acceptance of well operations management plan  
   10.     Contents of well operations management plan  
   11.     Reasons for acceptance of well operations management plan  
   12.     Decision on well operations management plan  
   13.     Status of well operations management plans  
   14.     Commencement of well operations management plan  
   15.     Termination of well operations management plan  

   PART 4 -- Variation of well operations management plans  

           Division 1 -- Variation at request of titleholder  

   16.     Request for variation of accepted well operations management plan  
   17.     Decision on request for variation  

           Division 2 -- Variation proposed by the Minister  

   18.     Proposal to vary well operations management plan  
   19.     Objection to proposal to vary  
   20.     Decision on objection  

           Division 3 -- Operation of variations  

   21.     Commencement of variations of well operations management plan  

   PART 5 -- Withdrawal of acceptance of well operations management plan  

   22.     Grounds for withdrawal of acceptance  
   23.     Notice of proposal to withdraw acceptance  
   24.     Decision to withdraw acceptance  
   25.     Relationship between withdrawal of approval and offence  

   PART 6 -- Transitional  

   26.     Transitional arrangement for certain existing or proposed wells  
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