Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Regulations 2020 (SA)

South Australia Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Regulations 2020 under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Definitions 4 Forms, notices and reports Part 2—Occupational health and safety Division 1—Preliminary 5 Object 6 Relationship with other Parts 7 Definitions Division 2—Regulations relating to health and safety 8 Avoiding fatigue 9 Possession or control of drugs or intoxicants 10 Person must leave the facility when instructed to do so 11 Prohibition on the use of certain hazardous substances 12 Limitations on exposure to certain hazardous substances 13 Exposure to noise 14 Exemptions from hazardous substances and noise requirements Division 3—Elections of health and safety representatives Subdivision 1—Returning officer 15 Appointment of returning officer Subdivision 2—The poll 16 Number of votes 17 Right to secret ballot 18 Conduct of poll by secret ballot 19 Conduct of poll if no request made for secret ballot 20 If no candidate is elected Subdivision 3—Polling by secret ballot 21 Ballot papers 22 Distribution of ballot papers 23 Manner of voting by secret ballot Subdivision 4—The count 24 Envelopes given to returning officer 25 Scrutineers 26 Returning officer to be advised of scrutineers 27 Persons present at the count 28 Conduct of the count 29 Informal ballot papers 30 Completion of the count 31 Destruction of election material Subdivision 5—Result of election 32 Request for recount 33 Irregularities at election 34 Result of poll Division 4—Advice, investigations and inquiries 35 Taking samples for testing etc 36 Form of certain notices Division 5—Exemptions from the requirements in Part 3 of Schedule 7 of the Act 37 Orders under clause 45 of Schedule 7 of the Act Division 6—State laws that do not apply 38 Prescribed occupational health and safety laws Division 7—Miscellaneous 39 Service of notices Part 3—Management of safety on offshore facilities Division 1—Preliminary 40 Object 41 Relationship with other Parts 42 Definitions Division 2—Operators 43 Nomination of operator 44 Acceptance or rejection of nomination of operator 45 Register of operators Division 3—Safety cases Subdivision 1—Contents of safety case 46 Facility description, formal safety assessment and safety management system 47 Implementation and improvement of the safety management system 48 Standards to be applied 49 Command structure 50 Members of the workforce must be competent 51 "Permit to work" system for safe performance of various activities 52 Involvement of members of the workforce 53 Design, construction, installation, maintenance and modification 54 Medical and pharmaceutical supplies and services 55 Machinery and equipment 56 Drugs and intoxicants 57 Evacuation, escape and rescue analysis 58 Fire and explosion risk analysis 59 Emergency communications systems 60 Control systems 61 Emergency preparedness 62 Pipelines 63 Vessel and aircraft control 64 Arrangements for records Subdivision 2—Submission and acceptance of safety cases 65 Safety case to be submitted to Safety Authority 66 Safety Authority may request more information 67 Acceptance or rejection of a safety case 68 Notice of decision on safety case 69 Consent to undertake work outside of the requirements of the safety case 70 Duties under Part 2 of Schedule 7 of the Act Subdivision 3—Revised safety cases 71 Revision of a safety case because of a change of circumstances or operations 72 Revision on request by the Safety Authority 73 Revision after 5 years 74 Safety Authority may request more information 75 Acceptance or rejection of a revised safety case 76 Notice of decision on revised safety case 77 Effect of rejection of revised safety case Subdivision 4—Withdrawal of acceptance of a safety case 78 Grounds for withdrawal of acceptance 79 Notice before withdrawal of acceptance Subdivision 5—Exemptions 80 Safety Authority may give an exemption Division 4—Validation 81 Validation of design, construction and installation, significant modification or decommissioning of a facility Division 5—Notifying and reporting accidents and dangerous occurrences 82 Prescribed period of incapacity 83 Meaning of dangerous occurrence 84 Reporting accidents and dangerous occurrences Division 6—Penalty provisions 85 Facility must have registered operator 86 Safety case required for the relevant stage in the life of a facility 87 Work on a facility must comply with the safety case 88 New health and safety risk 89 Maintaining records 90 Person on a facility must comply with safety case 91 Interference with accident sites Division 7—Miscellaneous 92 Details in applications or submissions Part 4—Pipelines Division 1—Preliminary 93 Object 94 Definitions 95 Meaning of validation 96 Relationship with other Parts Division 2—Operators 97 Nomination of operator 98 Acceptance or rejection of nomination of operator 99 Register of operators 100 Pipeline must have registered operator Division 3—Consents to construct and operate a pipeline Subdivision 1—Consent to construct 101 Consent to construct required to construct a pipeline 102 Matters to be agreed before pipeline licensee applies for consent to construct 103 Application for consent to construct 104 Deciding an application for a consent to construct 105 Construction must comply with pipeline management plan 106 Notice of route followed by pipeline Subdivision 2—Consent to operate 107 Consent to operate required before a pipeline is operated 108 Matters to be agreed before pipeline licensee applies for consent to operate 109 Application for consent to operate 110 Deciding an application for a consent to operate 111 Operation must comply with pipeline management plan 112 Using pipeline to convey compositions of petroleum Subdivision 3—Modifying or decommissioning a pipeline 113 Modifying or decommissioning a pipeline Division 4—Pipeline management plans Subdivision 1—Acceptance of a pipeline management plan 114 Submission of a pipeline management plan 115 Handling pipeline management plan 116 Time limit for accepting or not accepting a pipeline management plan 117 Acceptance of a pipeline management plan Subdivision 2—Contents of a pipeline management plan 118 Contents of a pipeline management plan 119 Description of safety policy 120 Description of pipeline 121 Description of pipeline management system 122 Statement of standards 123 Arrangements for documents 124 Arrangements for reporting Subdivision 3—Revision of a pipeline management plan 125 Revision because of a change, or proposed change, of circumstances or operations 126 Revision on request by the Minister 127 Revision at the end of each 5 years 128 Form of proposed revision 129 Time limit for accepting or not accepting a proposed revision 130 Acceptance of a proposed revision of a pipeline management plan 131 Effect of non‑acceptance of proposed revision Subdivision 4—Withdrawal of acceptance of a pipeline management plan 132 Withdrawal of acceptance of a pipeline management plan 133 Steps to be taken before withdrawal of acceptance 134 Withdrawal of acceptance not affected by other provisions Division 5—Pipeline safety management plans Subdivision 1—Preliminary 135 Definition Subdivision 2—Acceptance of a pipeline safety management plan 136 Consideration of a pipeline safety management plan 137 Notice to pipeline licensee about a pipeline safety management plan 138 Revision of a pipeline management plan—request by the Safety Authority concerning a pipeline safety management plan 139 Submission about proposed revision of a pipeline management plan 140 Proposed revision of a pipeline management plan 141 Notice to pipeline licensee about proposed revision of a pipeline safety management plan Subdivision 3—Withdrawal of acceptance of a pipeline safety management plan 142 Request for withdrawal of acceptance of a pipeline management plan 143 Steps to be taken before request for withdrawal of acceptance 144 Withdrawal of acceptance of a pipeline management plan on request Division 6—Notifying and reporting accidents and dangerous occurrences 145 Prescribed period of incapacity 146 Meaning of dangerous occurrence 147 Reporting accidents and dangerous occurrences 148 Reportable incidents 149 Dealing with documents 150 Reporting to Minister Division 7—Miscellaneous Subdivision 1—Requirements about workers 151 Competence of workers 152 Awareness of legislation 153 Involvement of workers in pipeline management plan Subdivision 2—Providing information 154 Notice of contact details 155 Minister may decline to consider application or submission if information is not given Part 5—Diving safety Division 1—Preliminary 156 Application 157 Definitions 158 Meaning of diving 159 When a diving operation begins and ends Division 2—Diving safety management systems 160 No diving without DSMS 161 Contents of DSMS 162 Acceptance of new DSMS 163 Acceptance of revised DSMS 164 Grounds for rejecting DSMS 165 Notice of reasons 166 Register of DSMSs 167 Revision of DSMS 168 Notice to revise DSMS Division 3—Diving project plans 169 Diving project plan to be approved 170 Diving project plan to Safety Authority if there is no operator 171 Diving project plan to Safety Authority if requested 172 Updating diving project plan 173 Contents of diving project plan 174 No diving without approved diving project plan Division 4—Involvement of divers and members of the workforce 175 Involvement of divers and members of the workforce in DSMS and diving project plan Division 5—Safety responsibilities 176 Safety responsibilities of diving contractors 177 Safety in the diving area 178 Diving depths Division 6—Diving supervisors 179 Appointment of diving supervisors 180 Duties of diving supervisors Division 7—Start‑up notices 181 Start‑up notice Division 8—Diving operations 182 Divers in diving operations 183 Medical certificates Division 9—Records 184 Diving operations record 185 Divers' log books Part 6—Fees 186 Fees Schedule 1—Hazardous substances Part 1—Interpretation Part 2—Permitted circumstances for using certain hazardous substances Part 3—Permitted circumstances for using certain hazardous substances with carcinogenic properties Schedule 2—Forms Schedule 3—Fees Schedule 4—Revocation of Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Regulations 2005 Legislative history