This regulation may be cited as the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2016 .
This regulation amends the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 .
3Amendment of s 8 (Prescribed quality for fuel gas)
(1)Section 8(1)(a) to (c)—
omit, insert—(a)for LPG used for heating—the quality required to comply with—(i)the requirement that the average mole content of propylene in the fuel gas at the point of odorisation, calculated each day, must not exceed 50%; and(ii)AS 4670 ‘Commercial propane and commercial butane for heating purposes’ (2006); and(b)for processed natural gas—the quality required to comply with AS 4564 ‘Specification for general purpose natural gas’ (2011).(2)Section 8(2)—
omit.(3)Section 8(3)—
renumber as section 8(2).
4Amendment of s 57 (Additional downhole survey required if prescribed well or bore intersects a coal seam)
Section 57(5), from ‘at’—
omit, insert—within—(a)for inclination, plus or minus 0.5º; and(b)for azimuth—(i)for a well or bore drilled with an inclination of less than 6.0º (taking into account the tolerance of plus or minus 0.5º mentioned in paragraph (a))—(A)plus or minus 2.0º; or(B)for each 1000m of the drilled hole—plus or minus 6m vertically and plus or minus 40m laterally; or(ii)otherwise—(A)plus or minus 1.0º; or(B)for each 1000m of the drilled hole—plus or minus 6m vertically and plus or minus 20m laterally.
5Amendment of s 88 (Fuel gas network operator must keep records)
Section 88(1)—
insert—(d)for a check of a gas system carried out by or for the operator under section 92(2)(c)—(i)a record of the relevant method used to check the gas system; and(ii)a record of the result of the check of the gas system.
6Amendment of s 92 (Requirements to be complied with before supplying fuel gas to a gas system)
(1)Section 92(1)(b), from ‘delivery network—’—
omit, insert—delivery network and to the extent that paragraph (a) does not apply—a person proposes to start supplying LPG through the network to a gas system to which subsection (1A) applies.(2)Section 92—
insert—(1A)This subsection applies to a gas system—(a)that has not previously been supplied with LPG through a fuel gas network to the gas system; or(b)if the connection of LPG supplied through a fuel gas network has been interrupted causing the gas system to stop being pressurised.a cylinder of LPG is removed from a gas system other than for the purpose of exchanging the cylinder(3)Section 92(2)(c)—
omit, insert—(c) the gas system is checked in accordance with a relevant method and the check confirms there is no significant leakage of fuel gas from the gas system.(4)Section 92(4)—
insert—relevant method, for checking a gas system, means—(a)a method for checking a gas system detailed in a fuel gas network’s safety management system if the method under the system is capable of—(i)checking the pressure of the gas system; and(ii)identifying a significant leakage of fuel gas from the gas system; or(b)otherwise—the gas system pressure test under ‘AS/NZS 5601 Gas installations—Part 1: General installations (2013)’.
7Amendment of s 139 (Requirement to lodge safety and health fee return)
Section 139(4), ‘subsection (2)(b),’—
omit, insert—subsection (3)(b),
8Amendment of sch 1 (Mandatory and preferred standards for safety requirements)
Schedule 1, part 6, first entry for AS/NZS 60079, column 1, from ‘Electrical’ to ‘(2009)’—
omit, insert—‘Explosive atmospheres’ Part 10.1 ‘Classification of areas—Explosive gas atmospheres’ (2009)