There are significant changes between the draft and final
versions of the Regulations, including an expanded definition of a
"regulated activity".
New environmental regulations have commenced in the Northern
Territory to achieve a best-practice environmental regulatory
regime for the NT oil and gas industry.
On 28 June 2016, an amended version of the draft Petroleum
(Environment) Regulations was approved by the NT Executive Council
and signed by the Administrator. The new Regulations came into
force on 6 July 2016.
The draft Regulations
We previously examined the
key features of the draft Petroleum (Environment) Regulations
which were released in March this year for public consultation. In
addition to releasing the draft Regulations for public
consultation, the NT Government engaged international expert Dr
Tina Hunter to provide an
independent assessment of the draft Regulations.
