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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 124 Interference with other rights

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 124

Interference with other rights

A person carrying on operations in the adjacent area under a permit, lease, licence, pipeline licence, special prospecting authority, access authority, or instrument of consent under section 60(2) or (3) or 123 shall not carry on those operations in a manner that interferes with –
(a) navigation; or
(b) fishing; or
(c) the conservation of the resources of the sea and sea-bed; or
(d) any operations of another person being lawfully carried on by way of exploration for, recovery of or conveyance of a mineral, whether petroleum or not, or by way of construction or operation of a pipeline –
to a greater extent than is necessary for the reasonable exercise of the rights and performance of the duties of that first-mentioned person.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.