Plan of operations required to act under petroleum lease

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The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out, or allow the carrying out of, a petroleum activity under the petroleum lease unless either—

(a)

all of the following apply—

(i)

the holder has given the administering authority a plan of operations for the petroleum activities;

(ii)

at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, have passed since the plan was submitted;

(iii)

the plan complies with section 292;

(iv)

the petroleum activity is carried out in the plan period; or

(b)

all of the following apply—

(i)

the holder has given the administering authority a replacement plan for the petroleum activities under section 293 at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, before the original plan ends;

(ii)

the replacement plan complies with section 293;

(iii)

the petroleum activity is carried out in the period for the replacement plan mentioned in section 293(7).

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

Note—

See section 297 for conditions about when the holder of an environmental authority for a resource activity must not carry out, or allow the carrying out, of the resource activity under the authority.

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291 Plan of operations required to act under petroleum lease