Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:clause:3_13a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 13A (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 2212504–2215071

13A  Duties of petroleum titleholders in relation to wells
 (1) If:
 (a) either:
 (i) a well has been used, is being used, has been prepared for use, or is being prepared for use, in connection with operations authorised by a petroleum title (the current title); or
 (ii) a well has been used in connection with operations authorised by a petroleum title from which the current title is derived, and the well is wholly or partly situated in the title area of the current title; and
 (b) the well is not suspended, abandoned or closed off;
the registered holder of the current title must ensure that the well is so designed, constructed, commissioned, altered, equipped, maintained and operated that risks to the health and safety of persons at or near a facility from:
 (c) the well; or
 (d) any unplanned escape of fluids from the well; or
 (e) anything in the well; or
 (f) anything in a geological formation, or a part of a geological formation:
 (i) to which the well is connected; or
 (ii) through which the well passes;
are as low as is reasonably practicable.
Note 1: For derived, see clause 8A.
Note 2: Breach of a requirement under this subclause is an offence: see Division 1A.
 (2) If:
 (a) either:
 (i) a well has been used in connection with operations authorised by a petroleum title (the current title); or
 (ii) a well has been used in connection with operations authorised by a petroleum title from which the current title is derived, and the well is wholly or partly situated in the title area of the current title; and
 (b) the well has been, is being, or is to be, suspended, abandoned or closed‑off;
then the registered holder of the current title must ensure that the well is so suspended, abandoned or closed‑off that risks to the health and safety of persons at or near a facility from:
 (c) the well; or
 (d) any unplanned escape of fluids from the well; or
 (e) anything in the well; or
 (f) anything in a geological formation, or a part of a geological formation:
 (i) to which the well is connected; or
 (ii) through which the well passes;
are as low as is reasonably practicable.
Note 1: For derived, see clause 8A.
Note 2: Breach of a requirement under this subclause is an offence: see Division 1A.

Diving operations
 (6) For the purposes of this clause, if a person is engaged in diving operations that are:
 (a) offshore petroleum operations; or
 (b) offshore greenhouse gas storage operations;
the person is taken to be at or near a facility.

Definitions
 (7) In this clause:
construct, in relation to a well, includes:
 (a) drill,