Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where petroleum is discovered in a lease area, the Minister may, by instrument in writing served on the lessee, direct the lessee to do, within the period specified in the instrument, such things as the Minister thinks necessary and specifies in the instrument to determine the chemical composition and physical properties of that petroleum and to determine the quantity of petroleum in the petroleum pool to which the discovery relates or, if part only of that petroleum pool is within the lease area, in such part of that petroleum pool as is within the lease area.
(2) A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) shall comply with the direction.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 200 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.