Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004.

This Act provides for the exploration, exploitation and conveying of petroleum and fuel gas in the State of Queensland. It consists of 15 Chapters divided into 991 sections: Preliminary (1); Petroleum tenures and related matters (2); Provisions for coal seam gas (3); Provisions for geothermal tenures and GHG auhtorites (3A); Licences and related matters (4); Common petroleum authority provisions (5); Petroleum royalty (6); Fuel gas quality and characteristics for consumers (7); Petroleum and fuel gas measurement (8); Safety (9); Conferences, investigations and enforcement (10); General offences (11); Reviews and appeals (12); Evidence and legal proceedings (13); Miscellaneous provisions (14); and Repeal and transitional provisions (15).
The purpose of this Act is to facilitate and regulate the carrying out of responsible petroleum activities and the development of a safe, efficient and viable petroleum and fuel gas industry, in a way that: manages the State’s petroleum resources having regard to the need for ecologically sustainable development, and for the benefit of all Queenslanders; enhances knowledge of the State’s petroleum resources; creates an effective and efficient regulatory system for the carrying out of petroleum activities and the use of petroleum and fuel gas; encourages the construction and operation of transmission pipelines; ensures petroleum activities are carried on in a way that minimizes conflict with other land uses; optimizes coal seam gas production and coal or oil shale mining in a safe and efficient way; appropriately compensates owners or occupiers of land; encourages responsible land management in the carrying out of petroleum activities; acilitates constructive consultation with people affected by activities authorised under this Act; etc.