Laws of Australia

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208 laws on this page

Aboriginal Land Act 1991

Act · Made 1991-06-12 · Queensland

Australia's long-term Emission Reduction Plan: A whole-of-economy Plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050

policy · Made 2021

Barrow Island Act 2003

Act · Made 2003-11-20 · Western Australia

Biofuel (Ethanol Content) Act 2007

Act · Made 2007-10-01 · New South Wales

Biofuel (Ethanol Content) Regulation 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-10-01 · New South Wales

Biofuels Regulation 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-08-26 · New South Wales

Repealed

Biofuels Regulation (No 2) 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-10-28 · New South Wales

Repealed

Central Queensland Coal Associates Agreement Act 1968

Act · Made 1968-12-24 · Queensland

Central Queensland Coal Associates Agreement and Queensland Coal Trust Act 1984

Act · Made 1984-03-29 · Queensland

Charcoal (producer gas) act 1941

Act · Made 1941 · New South Wales

Clean Coal Administration Act 2008

Act · Made 2008-07-01 · New South Wales

Clean Coal Technology Special Agreement Act 2007

Act · Made 2007-06-15 · Queensland

Repealed

Clean Energy Regulations 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-11-28

Climate Change Strategy

policy · Made 2021-05 · Victoria

Coal Industry Act 2001

Act · Made 2001-12-14 · New South Wales

Coal Industry Regulation 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-12-20 · New South Wales

Coal Mines (General) Regulation 1999

Regulation · Made 1999-08-20 · New South Wales

Coal Mines (Investigation) Regulation 1999

Regulation · Made 1999-09-01 · New South Wales

Coal Mines (Open Cut) Regulation 1999

Regulation · Made 1999-08-20 · New South Wales

Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982

Act · Made 1982-05-20 · New South Wales

Coal Mines (Underground) Regulation 1999

Regulation · Made 1999-08-20 · New South Wales

Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999

Act · Made 1999-09-02 · Queensland

Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-03-01 · Queensland

Repealed

Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-08-24 · Queensland

Crimes at Sea Act 1979

Act · Made 1979-03-22

Repealed

Energy Coordination Act 1994

Act · Made 2005-09-27 · Western Australia

Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Act 2004

Act · Made 2004-04-21

Energy Pipelines Act 1981

Act · Made 1982-02-12 · Northern Territory

Energy Pipelines Regulations 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-10-03 · Northern Territory

Energy Resources Act 2000

Act · Made 2000-07-27 · South Australia

Energy Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2010

Act · Made 2010-09-14 · Victoria

Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions) Regulations 2003

Regulation · Made 2003-02-01 · Victoria

Repealed

Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings, Transitional and Other Provisions) Regulation 2017

Regulation · Made 2018-03-16 · New South Wales

Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004

Regulation · Made 2004-06-30 · Western Australia

Environmental Protection (Concrete Batching and Cement Product Manufacturing) Regulations 1998

Regulation · Made 1998-05-29 · Western Australia

Environmental Protection (Petrol) Regulations 1999

Regulation · Made 1999-12-17 · Western Australia

Environmental Protection (Recovery of Vapours from the Transfer of Organic Liquids) Regulations 1995

Regulation · Made 1995-05-15 · Western Australia

Environmental Protection Regulations 1987

Regulation · Made 1987-02-20 · Western Australia

Environmental Protection (Underground Water Management) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016

Act · Made 2016-11-22 · Queensland

Future Gas Strategy

policy · Made 2024-05-09

Future made in Australia Act 2024 (NO. 119, 2024)

Act · Made 2024-12-10

Gas Act 1997

Act · Made 1997-04-10 · South Australia

Gas Act 2000

Act · Made 2000-12-20 · Tasmania

Gas Industry Act 2001

Act · Made 2011-06-19 · Victoria

Gas Industry Restructuring Act 1986

Act · Made 1986-12-23 · New South Wales

Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998

Act · Made 1998-05-18 · Queensland

Repealed

Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Regulation 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-07-03 · Queensland

Repealed

Gas Regulations 2012

Regulation · Made 2012-08-30 · South Australia

Gas (Residual Provisions) Act 1965

Act · Made 1965-12-24 · Queensland

Repealed

Gas Safety Act 1997

Act · Made 1997-12-16 · Victoria

Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-12-16 · Victoria

Repealed

Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-09-25 · Victoria

Gas Safety (Gas Quality) Regulations 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-10-09 · Victoria

Repealed

Gas Safety (Safety Case) Regulations 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-12-16 · Victoria

Repealed

Gas Safety (Safety Case) Regulations 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-09-25 · Victoria

Gas Standards Act 1972

Act · Made 1972-05-26 · Western Australia

Gas Supply Act 1996

Act · Made 1996-06-25 · New South Wales

Gas Supply Act 2003

Act · Made 2003-07-01 · Queensland

Gas Supply (Gas Quality Specifications) Act 2009

Act · Made 2009-12-03 · Western Australia

Gas Supply Regulation 2003

Regulation · Made 2003-07-01 · Queensland

Repealed

Gas Supply Regulation 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-06-14 · Queensland

Gasfields Commission Act 2013

Act · Made 2013-04-29 · Queensland

Geothermal Energy Act 2010

Act · Made 2010-09-01 · Queensland

Geothermal Exploration Act 2004

Act · Made 2004-05-31 · Queensland

Repealed

Geothermal Exploration Regulation 2005

Regulation · Made 2005-03-25 · Queensland

Repealed

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Prohibition of Drilling for Petroleum) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1983-08-31

Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008

Act · Made 2008-11-05 · Victoria

Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009

Act · Made 2009-02-26 · Queensland

Greenhouse Gas Storage (Greenhouse Gas Datum) Regulations 2010 (SLI No. 29 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-02-25

Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation, 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-04-08 · Queensland

Repealed

Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation 2021

Regulation · Made 2021-08-27 · Queensland

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations 1996

Regulation · Made 1996-12-12

Liquid Fuel Supply Regulation 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-11-10 · Queensland

Marine Pollution Regulation 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-03-08 · New South Wales

Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Act 2007 (No. 24 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-03-15

Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014

Act · Made 2014-09-26 · Queensland

Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Regulation 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-09-22 · Queensland

Mineral Resources Act 1989

Act · Made 1989-10-25 · Queensland

Mineral Resources Regulation 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-08-29 · Queensland

Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Harmonisation) Act 2015 No. 40

Act · Made 2015-11-02 · New South Wales

Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999

Act · Made 1999-09-02 · Queensland

Mining Regulation 2010

Regulation · Made 2010-11-15 · New South Wales

Repealed

National Electricity (Queensland) Law

Act · Made 2005-06-30 · Queensland

National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999

Regulation · Made 1999-12-10

National Gas (ACT) Act, 2008

Act · Made 2008-06-30 · Australian Capital Territory

National Gas (New South Wales) Act 2008

Act · Made 2008-06-19 · New South Wales

National Gas (Northern Territory) Act 2008

Act · Made 2008-06-24 · Northern Territory

National Gas (Queensland) Act 2008

Act · Made 2008-05-09 · Queensland

National Gas (Queensland) Law

Act · Made 2008 · Queensland

National Gas (Queensland) Regulation 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-07-01 · Queensland

Repealed

National Gas (Queensland) Regulation, 2014

Regulation · Made 2014-12-19 · Queensland

National Gas (Tasmania) Act 2008

Act · Made 2008-06-26 · Tasmania

Natural Gas Authority Act 1967

Act · Made 1967-04-20 · South Australia

Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024

Regulation · Made 2024-09-22 · Queensland

Nature Positive Plan: better for the environment, better for business 2022

policy · Made 2022-12

Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023 (No. 122, 2023)

Act · Made 2023-12-14

Net Zero Plan

policy · Made 2025

NSW 2040 Economic Blueprint

policy · Made 2017 · New South Wales

Mining Regulation 2016 (NSW), current (save as

Regulation · NSW Parliamentary Counsel

Offshore Minerals Act 1994

Act · Made 1994-02-25

Offshore Minerals Act 1998

Act · Made 1998-03-12 · Queensland

Offshore Minerals Act 1999

Act · Made 1999-07-08 · New South Wales

Offshore Minerals Act 2000

Act · Made 2000-05-04 · South Australia

Offshore Minerals Act 2003

Act · Made 2003-04-17 · Western Australia

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

Act · Made 2006-03-29

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010

Act · Made 2010-03-23 · Victoria

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 1999-09-29

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Management of Greenhouse Gas Well Operations) Regulations 2010 (SLI No. 28 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-02-25

Repealed

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-12-13 · Victoria

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-04-28

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-12-17

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety Levies) Regulations 2004

Regulation · Made 2004-11-11

Offshore Petroleum Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 1985

Regulation · Made 1985-07-19

Repealed

Petroleum Act 1923

Act · Made 1923-11-12 · Queensland

Petroleum Act 1984

Act · Made 1984-10-15 · Northern Territory

Petroleum Act 1998

Act · Made 1998-11-24 · Victoria

Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-08-24 · Queensland

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004

Act · Made 2004-10-12 · Queensland

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004

Regulation · Made 2004-12-16 · Queensland

Repealed

Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-08-31 · Queensland

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Regulations 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-07-27 · South Australia

Repealed

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Regulations 2013

Regulation · Made 2013-03-14 · South Australia

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967

Act · Made 1967-12-11 · Western Australia

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Environment) Regulations 2012

Regulation · Made 2012-08-29 · Western Australia

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Hydraulic Fracturing) Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-12-08 · Western Australia

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Regulations 1987

Regulation · Made 1987-10-23 · Western Australia

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2015

Act · Made 2015-06-30 · Western Australia

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies Act 2011

Act · Made 2011-11-11 · Western Australia

Petroleum (Entry Permission - Chevron Services Australia Pty Ltd) Notice 2003

Other · Made 2003-09-19 · Queensland

Petroleum (Entry Permission - Oil Company of Australia (Moura) Transmission Pty Limited) Notice 2003

Other · Made 2003-08-22 · Queensland

Petroleum (Entry Permission—Queensland Gas Company Limited) Notice 2005

Other · Made 2005-02-03 · Queensland

Petroleum (Entry Permission - RLMS Pty Ltd) Notice 2003

Other · Made 2003-06-27 · Queensland

Petroleum (Offshore) Act 1982

Act · Made 1982-04-23 · New South Wales

Petroleum (Offshore) Regulation 2006

Regulation · Made 2006-09-01 · New South Wales

Repealed

Petroleum (Offshore) Regulation 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-08-12 · New South Wales

Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991

Act · Made 1991-12-17 · New South Wales

Petroleum (Onshore)Regulation 2002

Regulation · Made 2002-09-01 · New South Wales

Repealed

Petroleum (Onshore) Regulation 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-09-01 · New South Wales

Petroleum (Onshore) Regulation 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-08-31 · New South Wales

Repealed

Petroleum (Onshore) Regulation 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-08-12 · New South Wales

Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969

Act · Made 1969-11-28 · Western Australia

Petroleum Pipelines (Environment) Regulations 2012

Regulation · Made 2012-08-28 · Western Australia

Petroleum Pipelines Regulations 1970

Regulation · Made 1970-07-30 · Western Australia

Petroleum Products Regulation Act 1995

Act · Made 1995-04-27 · South Australia

Petroleum Products Regulations 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-03-01 · South Australia

Petroleum Regulation 2004

Regulation · Made 2004-12-16 · Queensland

Repealed

Petroleum Regulations

Regulation · Made 1994-09-30 · Northern Territory

Petroleum Regulations 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-09-21 · South Australia

Petroleum Regulations 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-07-04 · Victoria

Repealed

Petroleum Regulations 2011

Regulation · Made 2011-05-24 · Victoria

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

Act · Made 1967-11-22

Repealed

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981

Act · Made 1983-08-20 · Northern Territory