New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 7

7 Offence of prospecting or mining without authority

(1) A person must not prospect for or mine petroleum except in accordance with a petroleum title.

Maximum penalty for prospecting in contravention of this section: 200 penalty units.

Maximum penalty for mining in contravention of this section:

(a) 1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both, in case of an offence dealt with on indictment, or

(b) 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in case of an offence dealt with summarily.

(2) Nothing in this section prevents a person from prospecting for or mining petroleum if the person is entitled to do so by virtue of a legal instrument:

(a) approved by the Minister under Part 8, or

(b) approved under the Mining Act 1992 by the Minister administering that Act.