Petroleum operations on water authority land
140 Petroleum operations on water authority land
S. 140(1) substituted by No. 17/2012 s. 93.
In this section, water authority means an Authority within the meaning of the Water Act 1989 that has a water district or a sewerage district under that Act.
A person must not carry out any petroleum operation on any land that is owned, vested in or managed or controlled by a water authority without the written consent of the water authority.
- 240 penalty units.
A person must not carry out any petroleum operation that involves work at a depth of more than 0·75 metres below any land that is within 100 metres of—
a waterway that is owned by, vested in or managed or controlled by a water authority; or
any main drains, sewers, aqueducts, channels or pipelines of a water authority—
without the written consent of the water authority.
- 240 penalty units.
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