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PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 456 State’s power to take land

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 456

State’s power to take land

456 State’s power to take land

(1) This section applies subject to sections 457 and 458 .
(2) The State may take land, or an interest in land for—
(a) the carrying out of authorised activities for a licence or proposed licence; or
(b) petroleum processing, storage or transport, including, for example, to construct and operate a pipeline.
(3) The power to take land may be exercised—
(a) for the State by the Minister; and
(b) whether or not the State proposes to transfer the land, or an interest in the land, to someone else.
(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that if the land is held from the State under the Land Act 1994 or another Act, the power is as well as, and is not limited by, any power under the Land Act 1994 or other Act to forfeit or take the land or the interest under which it is held.
(5) In this section—


"licence" does not include a survey licence.