PETROLEUM ACT 1998 - SECT 140 Petroleum operations on water authority land
PETROLEUM ACT 1998 - SECT 140
Petroleum operations on water authority landS. 140(1) substituted by No. 17/2012 s. 93.
(1) In this section, "water authority" means an Authority within the meaning of the Water Act 1989 that has a water district or a sewerage district under that Act.
(2) A person must not carry out any petroleum operation on any land that is owned, vested in or managed or controlled by a water authority without the written consent of the water authority.
Penalty: 240 penalty units.
(3) A person must not carry out any petroleum operation that involves work at a depth of more than 0·75 metres below any land that is within 100 metres of—
(a) a waterway that is owned by, vested in or managed or controlled by a water authority; or
(b) any main drains, sewers, aqueducts, channels or pipelines of a water authority—
without the written consent of the water authority.
Penalty: 240 penalty units.