New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 129

129 Notice to be given of cause of danger

(1) If an inspector finds any matter, thing or practice connected with the operations conducted on any land subject to a petroleum title, or with the use of any easement or right of way under this Act, to be so dangerous or defective as in the inspector’s opinion to threaten or tend to injure the health or body of any person, the inspector may:

(a) give notice of that finding in writing to the registered holder of the title or the manager of the operations or to the person to whom the easement or right of way was granted, and

(b) state in the notice the particulars in which the inspector considers those operations to be dangerous or defective and require them to be remedied within a period specified in the notice, and

(c) if the inspector thinks it necessary, direct that the registered holder of the title, the manager of the operations or the person to whom the easement or right of way was granted cause the operations or any part of the operations to cease, or cause persons on the land to be withdrawn, either indefinitely or for such period as is specified in the notice by the inspector.

(2) A copy of the notice is to be sent immediately by the inspector to the Minister.