OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 44 Licence etc. does not authorise unnecessary interference with other activities in the licence area

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 44

    A person contravenes this section if:

  (a)   the person carries out activities in an offshore area under a licence or special purpose consent granted under this Act; and

  (b)   those activities interfere with:

  (i)   navigation; or

  (ii)   the exercise of native title rights and interests; or

  (iii)   fishing; or

  (iv)   the conservation of the resources of the sea or the seabed; or

  (v)   any activities that someone else is lawfully carrying out; and

  (c)   the interference is greater than is necessary for:

  (i)   the reasonable exercise of the person's rights under the licence or consent; or

  (ii)   the performance of the person's duties under the licence or consent.

Note :   The person referred to here might be the licence or consent holder or might be an associated person.

Penalty:   100 penalty units.