Western Australia

Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998

Fire and Emergency Services Amendment (Petroleum Legislation) Regulations 2026

Western Australia

Fire and Emergency Services Amendment (Petroleum Legislation) Regulations 2026

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 5 amended1

Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998

Fire and Emergency Services Amendment (Petroleum Legislation) Regulations 2026

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Fire and Emergency Services Amendment (Petroleum Legislation) Regulations 2026.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2024 sections 3, 176 and 210 come into operation.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Fire and Emergency Services Regulations 1998.

4.Regulation 5 amended

Delete regulation 5(1)(c) and insert:

(c)land in respect of which a permit for petroleum, a regulated substance, geothermal energy resources, a potential GHG storage formation or a potential GHG injection site is granted under the Petroleum, Geothermal Energy and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 1967; or

A. O’SULLIVAN, Clerk of the Executive Council

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