PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 293 Right of entry to facilitate decommissioning

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 293

293 Right of entry to facilitate decommissioning

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a responsible person under section 292 has not carried out decommissioning on land as required under that section; and

(b) the relevant petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority has ended or the land on which the well or bore is located is no longer in the area of the tenure or authority.

(2) The responsible person may enter the following land to carry out the decommissioning—

(a) land (the
"primary land" ) on which the decommissioning must be, or was required to be, carried out;

(b) any other land (the
"access land" ) it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to the primary land.

(3) The Common Provisions Act , chapter 3 , parts 2 , 3 and 6 and part 7 , divisions 1 , 2 and 5 (other than subdivision 3 ) applies to the responsible person, in the following way—

(a) if the tenure or authority has ended, as if—

(i) it were still in force; and

(ii) the person is its holder;

(b) as if the primary land and access land is in the area of the tenure or authority;

(c) as if the decommissioning is an authorised activity for the tenure or authority.