Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017.

The objectives of this Regulation, consisting of 75 sections divided into nine Parts and five Schedules, will be achieved through making the the following changes: provisions of the existing Petroleum Regulation 2004 and the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 have been combined and the separate components (general; safety and health; and royalty) are to ultimately be remade into three stand-alone regulations. The Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017 is the first of these stand-alone regulations. Essentially, it combines the existing general provisions of the Petroleum Regulation 2004 and the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 with a remade, consolidated and contemporised regulation consisting of petroleum tenure or authority operational matters predominantly relating to notification about, and reporting on, authorised activities. Specifically, the Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017 provides detailed requirements for matters such as: reports, notices, records, samples, measurement tolerances for meters, fees and rents. This ensures, among other things, that there is an adequate level of information being supplied to the state government in relation to, and the results of, authorised activities for petroleum authorities or tenure.
Schedules specify the following issues: Confidentiality periods for required information; Fees payable under 2004 Act; Fees payable under 1923 Act; Rent; and Dictionary.