Petroleum Act 1923

This section applies if—

a responsible person under section 75U has not carried out decommissioning on land as required under that section; and

the relevant 1923 Act petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority has ended; or

the land on which the well or bore is located is no longer in the area of the tenure or authority.

The responsible person may enter the following land to carry out the decommissioning—

land (the primary land) on which the decommissioning must be, or was required to be, carried out;

any other land it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to the primary land.

The Common Provisions Act, chapter 3, parts 2, 3 and 7 applies to the responsible person, in the following way—

if the tenure or authority has ended, as if—

it were still in force; and

the responsible person is its holder;

as if the primary land and other land mentioned in subsection (2)(b) is in the area of the tenure or authority;

as if the decommissioning is an authorised activity for the tenure or authority.