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PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 92

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 92

92 .         Maintenance etc. of property

        (1)         In this section —

        operations area

            (a)         in relation to an operator who is a permittee, holder of a drilling reservation, lessee or licensee — means the permit area, drilling reservation, lease area or licence area, as the case may be; and

            (b)         in relation to an operator who is the holder of a special prospecting authority or access authority — means the area in respect of which that authority is in force;

        operator means a permittee, holder of a drilling reservation, lessee, licensee or holder of a special prospecting authority or access authority.

        (2)         An operator shall maintain in good condition and repair all structures, equipment and other property in the operations area and used in connection with the operations in which he is engaged.

        (3)         An operator shall remove from the operations area all structures, equipment and other property that are not either used or to be used in connection with the operations in which he is engaged.

        (4)         Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to any structure, equipment or other property that was not brought into the operations area by or with the authority of the operator.

        Penalty for an offence under subsection (2) or (3): a fine of $10 000.

        [Section 92 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 74; No. 78 of 1990 s. 7; No. 28 of 1994 s. 42; No. 42 of 2010 s. 62(9).]