PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 106
PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 106
106—Removal of property etc by permittee etc
(1) Where a permit,
licence or pipeline licence has been wholly determined, partly determined,
wholly cancelled or partly cancelled, or has expired or a lease has been
wholly determined, partly determined or wholly cancelled or has expired, the
Minister may, by instrument in writing served on the person who was, or is, as
the case may be, the permittee, lessee, licensee or pipeline licensee, direct
that person to do any one or more of the following things:
(a) to
remove or cause to be removed from the relinquished area all property brought
into that area by any person engaged or concerned in the operations authorised
by the permit, lease, licence or pipeline licence or to make arrangements that
are satisfactory to the Minister with respect to that property; and
(b) to
plug or close off, to the satisfaction of the Minister, all wells made in that
area by any person engaged or concerned in those operations; and
(c)
subject to this Part and to the regulations, to make provision, to the
satisfaction of the Minister, for the conservation and protection of the
natural resources in that area; and
(d) to
make good, to the satisfaction of the Minister, any damage to the sea-bed or
subsoil in that area caused by any person engaged or concerned in those
operations.
(2) The Minister may,
by instrument in writing served on a permittee, lessee, licensee or pipeline
licensee, direct him to do any one or more of the following things:
(a) to
remove or cause to be removed from the permit area, lease area, licence area
or part of the adjacent area in which the pipeline is constructed, as the case
may be, all property brought into that area or part by any person engaged or
concerned in the operations authorised by the permit, lease, licence or
pipeline licence or to make arrangements that are satisfactory to the Minister
with respect to that property; and
(b) to
plug or close off, to the satisfaction of the Minister, all wells made in that
area or part by any person engaged or concerned in those operations; and
(c)
subject to this Part and to the regulations, to make provision, to the
satisfaction of the Minister, for the conservation and protection of the
natural resources in that area or part; and
(d) to
make good, to the satisfaction of the Minister, any damage to the sea-bed or
subsoil in that area or part caused by any person engaged or concerned in
those operations.
(3) A person to whom a
direction is given under subsection (1) or (2) shall comply with the
direction—
(a) in
the case of a direction given under subsection (1)—within the
period specified in the instrument by which the direction was given; or
(b) in
the case of a direction given under subsection (2)—on or before the
date of expiration of the permit, lease, licence or pipeline licence
concerned.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.