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Exemptions

There are certain instances where occupiers are not required to notify, even if it appears that the premises may be a large Dangerous Goods Location or Possible Major Hazard Facility. These instances include:

activities pertaining to mining on a mining tenure;
land that is used for obtaining, mining or transporting petroleum under the Petroleum Act 1923; and
gas distribution pipelines under the Gas Act 1965 (other than pipes within the boundaries of a Major Hazard Facility or Dangerous Goods Location).

In the case of a possible Large Dangerous Goods Location, rural premises are also exempted from notification when:

they have an area of 5 hectares or more;
they are used by the occupier for agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, aquacultural or pastoral purposes; and
at which there are no stated dangerous goods or combustible liquids being stored for resale.