PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 800
Restriction on petroleum tenure activities
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 800
Restriction on petroleum tenure activities
800 Restriction on petroleum tenure activities
(1) A person must not carry
out a petroleum tenure activity in relation to land unless— (a) the activity
is carried out under this Act or the 1923 Act and under the authority of a
petroleum tenure or a 1923 Act petroleum tenure; or
(b) the carrying out of
the activity is necessary to preserve life or property because of a dangerous
situation or emergency that exists or may exist.
Penalty— Maximum
penalty—2,000 penalty units.
Note— This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 814
.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the activity is the
exploration for coal seam gas under a coal or oil shale mining tenement; or
(b) the land is also in the area of a coal or oil shale mining lease and the
activity is coal seam gas mining; or Note— See the Mineral Resources Act ,
sections 318CN and 318CNA .
(c) the activity is an activity mentioned in
section 32 (2) or 109 (2) carried out under a coal or oil shale mining lease.
Note— See however the Gas Supply Act 2003 , section 257AA (Exemption from
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act, ss 800 , 802 and 803 for person
complying with direction).
(3) In this section—
"petroleum tenure activity" means to— (a) explore for or produce petroleum;
or
(b) test, develop or use a natural underground reservoir for storage of
petroleum or a prescribed storage gas; or
(c) carry out an activity necessary
for, or incidental to, an activity mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .
