Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, an infrastructure facility is a facility, structure or installation for engaging in any of the activities to which subsection (2) or (3) applies, so long as:
(a) the facility, structure or installation rests on the seabed; or
(b) the facility, structure or installation is fixed or connected to the seabed (whether or not the facility is floating); or
(c) the facility, structure or installation is attached or tethered to a facility, structure or installation referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
Petroleum activities
(2) This subsection applies to the following activities:
(a) remote control of facilities, structures or installations used to recover petroleum in a petroleum production licence area;
(b) processing petroleum recovered in any place, including:
(i) converting petroleum into another form by physical or chemical means, or both (for example, converting it into liquefied natural gas or methanol); and
(ii) partial processing of petroleum (for example, by removing water);
(c) storing petroleum before it is transported to another place;
(d) preparing petroleum for transport to another place (for example, pumping or compressing);
(e) activities related to any of the above;
but, except as mentioned in paragraph (a), this subsection does not apply to exploring for, or recovering, petroleum.
Greenhouse gas activities
(3) This subsection applies to the following activities:
(a) activities preparatory to injecting a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation (for example, controlling the flow of a greenhouse gas substance into the relevant well);
(b) preparing a greenhouse gas substance for injection into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation (for example, pumping, processing or compressing);
(c) preparing a greenhouse gas substance for transport to another place (for example, pumping or compressing);
(d) storing a greenhouse gas substance before it is:
(i) transported to another place; or
(ii) injected into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or
(iii) subjected to any other activity at a facility, structure or installation;
(e) monitoring the behaviour of a greenhouse gas substance stored in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation;
(f) remote control of facilities, structures or installations used to:
(i) inject a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or
(ii) store a greenhouse gas substance in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or
(iii) do anything mentioned in any of the above paragraphs;
(g) activities related to any of the above.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation is taken to take place at the top of the relevant well.