Sea bed petroleum and mineral exploration and recovery and related development prohibited
2 Sea bed petroleum and mineral exploration and recovery and related development prohibited
A person must not carry out—
sea bed petroleum exploration or recovery, or sea bed mineral exploration or recovery, in the coastal waters of the State, or
other development within the State for the purposes of sea bed petroleum exploration or recovery or sea bed mineral exploration or recovery.
Maximum penalty—Tier 1 monetary penalty.
Subsection (1) does not apply to the following—
coastal protection works within the meaning of the Coastal Management Act 2016,
dredging that does not require an authorisation of a kind referred to in section 4(1)(a) or (b).
In subsection (1)(b), a reference to sea bed petroleum exploration or recovery, or sea bed mineral exploration or recovery, is a reference to sea bed petroleum exploration or recovery, or sea bed mineral exploration or recovery, whether within the coastal waters of the State or elsewhere.
This section has effect despite any provision of this Act or another law, other than section 3.
Development prohibited under this schedule is prohibited development for the purposes of this Act.
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