Construction near habitable building
111 Construction near habitable building
(1) A permittee or licensee must not construct a well, wellhead, pipeline or petroleum processing facility on land that is used as, or within 2 km of land being used as, a habitable building.
(2) A permittee or licensee commits an offence if the permittee or licensee undertakes construction in contravention of subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
In this section:
habitable building means:
a building in which people reside or work; or
a school, including a playground associated with a school; or
a permanent sporting facility; or
a hospital or other type of community medical facility;
petroleum processing facility means a temporary or permanent facility for the processing or storage of petroleum.
pipeline means a pipeline constructed or to be constructed for a purpose mentioned in section 4(1)(e)(i) to (iv) of the Energy Pipelines Act 1981.
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