PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 112 Incidental activities

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 112

112 Incidental activities

(1) The lease holder may carry out an activity (an
"incidental activity" ) in the area of the lease if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for, or incidental to—

(a) another authorised activity for the lease; or

(b) an authorised activity for another petroleum lease or an authority to prospect.

Examples of incidental activities—

1 constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, compressors, powerlines, pumping stations, reservoirs, roads, evaporation or storage ponds and tanks

2 constructing or using temporary structures or structures of an industrial or technical nature, including, for example, mobile and temporary camps

3 removing vegetation for, or for the safety of, exploration or testing under section 150A (1) or 150C (1)

Note—

See also part 10 , section 239 , chapter 5 and section 20 (2) .

(2) However, constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation is not an incidental activity.

Note—

For development generally, see the Planning Act 2016 , chapter 3 .