Ann: BUY: PEP 11 Update - NSW Legislation, page-64

You wrote: "Doesn’t seem a problem if laying pipelines is still okay" (72400406).

What your post doesn't understand is that the proposed bill says this:

"Grant and renewal of certain related authorisations prohibited
(1) A Minister must not grant or renew an authorisation of the following kind if
the authorisation relates to development prohibited under this schedule—
(a) the following under the Offshore Minerals Act 1999—
(i) a licence,
(ii) a special purpose consent,
(b) the following under the Petroleum (Offshore) Act 1982—
(i) a permit under the Act, Part 4, Division 2 for exploration in the
coastal waters of the State,
(ii) a licence under the Act, Part 4, Division 3 for the recovery of
petroleum from the coastal waters of the State,
(iii) a pipeline licence under the Act, Part 4, Division 4 for the
construction, wholly or partly within the coastal waters of the
State, of a pipeline to be used in connection with the recovery of
petroleum"
source: Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Sea Bed Mining and Exploration) Bill 2024, Section 4 https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bill/files/18546/First%20Print.pdf


Therefore, the usual sewerage pipelines are fine. The pipelines for "recovery of petroleum" would be prohibited under that bill.