PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 18
PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 18
18 . Owner of private land in vicinity of permit area, drilling reservation, lease area or licence area may be entitled to compensation
If any private land or
improvement thereon adjoining or in the vicinity of the land comprised in any
permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence is injured or depreciated in
value by any operations carried on by or on behalf of the permittee, holder of
the drilling reservation, lessee or licensee or by reason of the occupation of
any portion of the surface, or the enjoyment by the permittee, holder of the
drilling reservation, lessee or licensee of any right-of-way, the owner and
occupier of the private land or improvements thereon shall severally be
entitled to compensation for all loss and damage thereby sustained, and the
amount of compensation shall be ascertained in the same manner as is provided
in section 17.
[Section 18 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 13; No. 78
of 1990 s. 7.]