PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 115
PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 115
115 . Records etc. to be kept
(1) The Minister may,
by instrument in writing served on a person carrying on operations in the
State under a permit, drilling reservation, lease, licence, special
prospecting authority, access authority or instrument of consent under
section 116, direct that person to do any one or more of the following things
—
(a) to
keep such accounts, records and other documents in connection with those
operations as are specified in the instrument;
(b) to
collect and retain such cores, cuttings and samples in connection with those
operations as are so specified;
(c) to
furnish to the Minister, or to such person as is so specified, in the manner
so specified, such reports, returns, other documents, cores, cuttings and
samples in connection with those operations as are so specified.
(2) A person to whom a
direction is given under subsection (1) shall comply with the direction.
Penalty for an offence under subsection (2): a
fine of $10 000.
[Section 115 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 93; No. 78
of 1990 s. 7; No. 28 of 1994 s. 52; No. 42 of 2010 s. 62(12).]