New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1999 - SECT 44

44 Licence etc does not authorise unnecessary interference with other activities in the licence area

A person who carries out activities in coastal waters under a licence or special purpose consent granted under this Act must not do so in a way that interferes with:

(a) navigation, or

(b) the exercise of native title rights and interests, or

(c) fishing, or

(d) the conservation of the resources of the sea or the seabed, or

(e) any activities that someone else is lawfully carrying out,

(f) the reasonable exercise of the person’s rights under the licence or consent, or

(g) the performance of the person’s duties under the licence or consent.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

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