Victorian Numbered Regulations

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 153 OF 2011) - REG 284

    (1)     The Minister may make documentary information publicly known or make the documentary information available to a person if—

        (a)     it is basic information; and

        (b)     it is disclosable information; and

        (c)     the relevant day for the information has passed.

    (2)     Subject to subregulation (3), the relevant days for information relating to seismic surveys are set out in the following table.

Table

Item	Type of seismic survey	Relevant day
1	A survey that collected exclusive data, if the survey was conducted under a petroleum production licence that is still in force	The day 2 years after the acquisition of the data was completed
2	A survey that collected exclusive data, if the survey was conducted under a petroleum title, other than a petroleum production licence, that is still in force	The day 3 years after the acquisition of the data was completed
3	A survey that collected exclusive data, if the survey was conducted under a petroleum title that—         (a)     has expired; or         (b)     has been surrendered, cancelled, revoked or terminated before the expiry of the term of the title	The day of the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination
4	A survey that collected 2D seismic data as non-exclusive data	The day 15 years after the acquisition of the data was completed

Item	Type of seismic survey	Relevant day
5	A survey that collected 3D seismic data as non-exclusive data if either—         (a)     the 3D data; or         (b)     2D data extracted from the 3D data, contained in a seismic extracted data grid— was required to be produced as a condition of the grant of a petroleum title	For the 3D data—the day 15 years after the acquisition of the data was completed For the extracted 2D data—the day 5 years after the acquisition of the 3D data was completed
6	A survey that collected 3D seismic data as non-exclusive data if neither—         (a)     the 3D data; nor         (b)     2D data extracted from the 3D data, contained in a seismic extracted data grid— was required to be produced as a condition of the grant of a petroleum title	For the 3D data—the day 15 years after the acquisition of the data was completed For the extracted 2D data—the day 6 years after the acquisition of the 3D data was completed

    (3)     If data from a seismic survey has been reprocessed as a condition of the grant of a petroleum title, the relevant day for the documentary information obtained from the reprocessing is the later of—

        (a)     the relevant day under subregulation (2) for the information relating to the original survey; or

        (b)     3 years after the last day of the year of the term of the title during which the reprocessing was done.

Note

See section 9 of the Act for what "year of the term" means. A year of the term of a title commences on the day on which the title comes into force or on any anniversary of that day.

    (4)     The relevant days for documentary information relating to wells and to geophysical and geological surveys (other than seismic surveys) are set out in the following table.

Table

Item	Type of survey	Relevant day
1	A survey that was conducted under a petroleum production licence that is still in force	The day 2 years after the acquisition of the data was completed
2	A survey that was conducted under a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease or scientific investigation consent that is still in force	The day 3 years after the acquisition of the data was completed
3	A survey that was conducted under a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease, petroleum production licence or scientific investigation consent that—         (a)     has expired; or         (b)     has been surrendered, cancelled, revoked or terminated before the expiry date of the title	The day of the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination

Item	Type of survey	Relevant day
4	A survey conducted under a petroleum special prospecting authority or petroleum access authority that collected exclusive data, if the authority is still in force	The day 3 years after the acquisition of the data was completed
5	A survey conducted under a petroleum special prospecting authority or petroleum access authority that collected exclusive data, if the authority—         (a)     has expired; or         (b)     has been surrendered, cancelled, revoked or terminated before the expiry date of the authority	The day of the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination
6	A survey conducted under a petroleum special prospecting authority or petroleum access authority that collected non-exclusive data	The day 6 years after the acquisition of the data was completed

    (5)     The relevant days for documentary information relating to wells are set out in the following table.

Table

Item	If the regulated operation to which the information relates was conducted under...	the relevant day is...
1	a petroleum production licence that is still in force	the day one year after the end of the operation
2	a petroleum title, other than a petroleum production licence, that is still in force	the day 2 years after the end of the operation
3	a petroleum title that—         (a)     has expired; or         (b)     has been surrendered, cancelled, revoked or terminated before the expiry of the term of the title	the day of the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination

Note

End of the operation is defined in regulation 186.