(1) The Secretary or an inspector may, by written notice,
direct a responsible person in relation to a petroleum title to do any one or
more of the following--
(a) to give effect to a condition of the
petroleum title (except a condition requiring payment of royalty or provision
or maintenance of a security deposit),
(b) to address any adverse impact that
activities carried out under, or purportedly carried out under, the
petroleum title have had on any aspect of the environment,
(c) to address a
risk of there being such an impact,
(d) to conserve the environment, protect
it from harm as a result of activities under the title or to prevent, control
or mitigate any such harm,
(e) to rehabilitate land or water that is or may
be affected by activities under the title.
(2) A direction may require a
responsible person to carry out or stop carrying out particular activities,
carry out activities in a particular manner or achieve specified outcomes
within such period (if any) as is specified in the direction or any condition
specified in the direction.
(3) A direction served on a person under this
section may require the person to prepare, and submit to the Secretary or
inspector, reports as to any of the following--
(a) the measures the person
proposes to take for the purpose of complying with the direction,
(b) the
progress made by the person in implementing any such measures.
