PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 73
PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 73
73—Ceasing to operate pipeline
(1) Except with the
consent in writing of the Minister and subject to compliance with such
conditions, if any, as are specified in the instrument of consent, a pipeline
licensee shall not cease to operate the pipeline.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for five years or both.
(2) It is not an
offence against subsection (1) if the failure of the pipeline licensee to
operate the pipeline—
(a) was
in the ordinary course of operating the pipeline; or
(b) was
for the purpose of repairing or maintaining the pipeline; or
(c) was
in an emergency in which there was a likelihood of loss or injury.