PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 101
PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 101
101—Compliance with directions
(1) Where a person
does not comply with a direction given or applicable to the person under this
Part or the regulations the Minister may do all or any of the things required
by the direction to be done.
(2) Costs and expenses
incurred by the Minister under subsection (1) in relation to a direction
are a debt due by the person to whom the direction was given or was applicable
to the State and are recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2a) Where—
(a) a
direction given under section 100 applies to a permittee, lessee,
licensee, pipeline licensee or the holder of a special prospecting authority
or access authority and another person and an action under subsection (2)
relating to the direction is brought against that other person; and
(b) the
person adduces evidence that the person did not know, and could not reasonably
be expected to have known, of the existence of the direction,
the person is not liable under subsection (2) unless the plaintiff proves
that the person knew, or could reasonably be expected to have known, of the
existence of the direction.
(3) It is a defence if
a person charged with failing to comply with a direction given or applicable
to the person under this Part or under the regulations or a defendant in an
action under subsection (2) proves that he took all reasonable steps to
comply with the direction.