Power of CEO to take action
117ABP Power of CEO to take action
(1) The CEO may do any act or thing specified in an enforcement order if the holder of the petroleum interest contravenes the order.
In doing a specified act or thing, the CEO may:
(a) do anything that is necessary or expedient to be done for that purpose; and
(b) publish notice that the holder of the petroleum interest has contravened the enforcement order.
(3) The CEO may recover the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in doing a specified act or thing under this section from the holder of the petroleum interest in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due and payable to the Territory.
(4) The CEO may, in writing, authorise another person to exercise a power or perform a function under subsection (1) or (2) on the CEO's behalf.
(5) If a person is authorised to exercise a power or perform a function under subsection (4), anything done by the person in the exercise of the power or the performance of the function has the same effect as if it had been done by the CEO.
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