PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 16
PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 16
16 . Consent of owner or trustees required in certain cases for exploration etc.
(1) A permittee,
holder of a drilling reservation, access authority or special prospecting
authority, lessee or licensee shall not enter upon any land to which this
section applies for the purpose of —
(a)
exploring for petroleum or geothermal energy resources; or
(b)
carrying out operations for the recovery of petroleum or geothermal energy,
unless the consent in
writing of the owner or trustees, as the case may be, of the land has been
first obtained.
(1a) This section
applies to land that is comprised in the permit, drilling reservation, access
authority, special prospecting authority, lease or licence and is —
(a)
private land not exceeding 2 000 m 2 in extent; or
(b) used
as a cemetery or burial place; or
(c) less
than 150 m in lateral distance from any cemetery or burial place, reservoir or
any substantial improvement.
(2) For the purposes
of this section —
(a)
reservoir includes any natural or artificial storage or accumulation of water,
spring, dam, bore, and artesian well; and
(b) the
Minister is the sole judge of whether any improvement is substantial.
[Section 16 amended: No. 94 of 1972 s. 4; No. 12
of 1990 s. 11; No. 78 of 1990 s. 7; No. 73 of 1994 s. 4; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4;
No. 17 of 1999 s. 24; No. 35 of 2007 s. 14.]