proposed pipeline corridor means a corridor of land within which a pipeline is proposed to be constructed; public authority means any body corporate established by or under an Act for a public purpose other than a municipal council; rehabilitation bond has the meaning set out in section 140; responsible authority means responsible authority under the Planning and Environment Act 1987; retention period means a period of 60 days after the seizure of a thing under this Act; Secretary means Secretary to the Department; survey includes examination; S. 5 def. of Victorian Rail Track substituted by No. 6/2010 s. 203(1) (Sch. 6 item 34) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22). Victorian Rail Track has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Transport Integration Act 2010; Water Minister means the Minister for the time being administering the Water Act 1989; wilderness Crown land means land that is— (a) a reference area under the Reference Areas Act 1978; or (b) a wilderness zone or wilderness park under the National Parks Act 1975. 6 Reference provisions s. 6 (1) A reference in this Act to a pipeline area is a reference to any area in the authorised route of a pipeline.
(a) wilderness Crown land; or (b) land that is part of a park within the meaning of the National Parks Act 1975 or land that is managed under that Act; or (c) land that is subject to a licence granted under Part 3A of the Victorian Plantations Corporation Act 1993. (6) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in any other Act. Division 2—Purchase or acquisition of easements 89 Purchase of easement A proponent or a licensee may enter into an agreement with the owner of any private land to purchase an easement over that land for the purposes of the pipeline. 90 Application for consent for compulsory acquisition of easement s. 89 (1) A proponent or licensee may apply to the Minister for consent to compulsorily acquire an easement over private land for the purposes of constructing and operating the pipeline. (2) The application must set out details of the proposed easement and the purpose for which it is required. (3) Subject to subsection (4), an application relating to land can only be made after the end of 6 months after the giving of notice to the owner of the land under Division 3 of Part 4. (4) The Minister may abridge the time within which an application can be made under this section if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so. (5) The Minister may ask the applicant for further information in relation to the application.
public safety, to repair a pipeline or to repair damage to the environment as a result of any incident involving a pipeline. __________________ Division 1—General requirements 99 Construction to be along authorised route s. 99 A licensee must ensure that the pipeline to which the licence applies is constructed along the route authorised in the licence for that pipeline, subject to deviation from that route within the limits of lateral deviation authorised by the Minister. In the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units; In the case of a body corporate, 600 penalty units. 100 Construction to comply with standards and conditions (1) A licensee must ensure that the pipeline to which the licence applies is constructed in accordance with— (a) any standards, specifications and conditions that are prescribed; and (b) any standards, specifications and conditions that are included in the licence. In the case of a natural person, 240 penalty units; In the case of a body corporate, 1200 penalty units. (2) This section applies despite any other requirement of this Part.
S. 186(2)(d) inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 82. (d) details of applications granted under section 67(1) or 70(3) and details of notices published in the Government Gazette under section 67(3) or 70(6); and S. 186(2)(e) inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 82. (e) any other document that is required to be registered under section 186A. (3) The Pipelines Register may be kept in electronic form. S. 186A inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 83. 186A Other documents to be registered s. 186A The Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may require that a document of a specified kind relating to a licence be registered. 187 Correction of Pipelines Register (1) If the Secretary considers that a correction to the Pipelines Register is necessary, the Secretary may correct any error or omission in the Pipelines Register by— (a) inserting an entry; or (b) amending an entry; or (c) omitting an entry. (2) The Secretary may make the correction on the Secretary's initiative or on the application of any person. (3) The Secretary must notify the licensee of any correction made under this section that affects the licence. 188 Disclosure of registered information s. 188 (1) Subject to this section, the Secretary must—
ENDNOTES General Information Endnotes Minister's second reading speech— Legislative Assembly: 11 August 2005 Legislative Council: 8 September 2005 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to re-enact with amendments the laws relating to the construction and operation of pipelines in , to repeal the Pipelines Act 1967 and for other purposes." The Pipelines Act 2005 was assented to on 20 September 2005 and came into operation on 1 April 2007: Government Gazette 29 March 2007 page 532. Table of Amendments Endnotes This Version incorporates amendments made to the Pipelines Act 2005 by Acts and subordinate instruments. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2006, No. 29/2006 Assent Date: 6.6.06 Commencement Date: S. 3(Sch. 1 item 27) on 20.9.05: s. 2(2)(i) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Pipelines Act 2005 Energy Legislation (Hardship, Metering and Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 60/2006 Assent Date: 29.8.06 Commencement Date: S. 6 on 1.4.07: Government Gazette 29.3.07 p. 532 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Pipelines Act 2005 Energy and Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2008, No. 25/2008 Assent Date: 3.6.08 Commencement Date: Ss 17, 18 on 4.6.08: s. 2(1) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Pipelines Act 2005 National Gas () Act 2008, No. 30/2008 Assent Date: 17.6.08 Commencement Date: S. 43 on 1.7.08: Special Gazette (No. 184) 1.7.08 p. 1 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Pipelines Act 2005 Labour and Industry (Repeal) Act 2008, No. 62/2008