Maintenance of property
98 Maintenance of property
In this section—
operator means a permittee, licensee, pipeline licensee or holder of a special prospecting authority or access authority.
the operations area—
in relation to an operator who is a permittee or licensee—means the permit area or licence area as the case may be; and
in relation to an operator who is a pipeline licensee—means the part of the adjacent area in which the pipeline is constructed; and
in relation to an operator who is the holder of a special prospecting authority or access authority—means the area in respect of which that authority is in force.
An operator shall maintain in good condition and repair all structures, equipment and other property in the operations area and used in connection with the operations in which the operator is engaged.
An operator shall remove from the operations area all structures, equipment and other property that are not either used or to be used in connection with the operations in which the operator is engaged.
Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to any structure, equipment or other property that was not brought into the operations area by or with the authority of the operator.Maximum penalty—135 penalty units.
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