Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 211

  (1)   A pipeline licence authorises the licensee, in accordance with the conditions (if any) to which the licence is subject:

  (a)   to construct in the offshore area specified in the licence a pipeline:

  (i)   of the design, construction, size and capacity specified in the licence; and

  (ii)   along the route specified in the licence; and

  (iii)   in the position, in relation to the seabed, specified in the licence; and

  (b)   to construct in the offshore area specified in the licence the pumping stations, tank stations and valve stations specified in the licence in the positions specified in the licence; and

  (c)   to operate:

  (i)   that pipeline; and

  (ii)   those pumping stations, tank stations and valve stations; and

  (d)   to carry on such operations, to execute such works and to do all such other things in the offshore area specified in the licence as are necessary for, or incidental to, the construction or operation of:

  (i)   that pipeline; and

  (ii)   those pumping stations, tank stations and valve stations.

  (2)   The rights conferred on the licensee by subsection   (1) are subject to this Act and the regulations.