(1) A person must not, without
reasonable excuse, obstruct a petroleum authority holder from—
(a) entering
or crossing land to carry out an authorised activity for the petroleum
authority if the Common Provisions Act , chapter 3 , part 2 or 3 , has been
complied with in relation to the entry to the extent the part is relevant; or
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an
executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A, to
have also committed the offence.
(2) If a person has obstructed a petroleum
authority holder from carrying out an activity mentioned in subsection (1) and
the holder decides to proceed with the carrying out of the activity, the
holder must warn the person that—
(a) it is an offence to obstruct the
holder unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
(b) the holder
considers the person’s conduct is an obstruction.
(3) In this section—
"obstruct" includes assault, hinder, resist and attempt or threaten to
assault, hinder or resist.
