Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 80, 1980 - SECT 26

26. Section 60 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted: Construction, &c., of pipelines, &c.



"60. (1) A person shall not, in the adjacent area-

   (a)  commence or continue the construction of, or the alteration or
        reconstruction of, a pipeline; or

   (b)  operate a pipeline, except under and in accordance with a pipeline
        licence.



"(2) A person shall not, in the adjacent area-

   (a)  commence or continue the construction of, or the alteration or
        reconstruction of, a secondary line or water line; or

   (b)  operate a secondary line or water line, except with and in accordance
        with a consent in writing of the Designated Authority.



"(3) A person shall not, in the adjacent area-

   (a)  commence or continue the construction of, or the alteration or
        reconstruction of, a pumping station, tank station or valve station;
        or

   (b)  operate a pumping station, tank station or valve station, except under
        and in accordance with a pipeline licence or with and in accordance
        with a consent in writing of the Designated Authority.



"(4) A person shall not, in the adjacent area, commence to operate a pipeline,
a secondary line or a water line unless-

   (a)  in the case of a pipeline, it has been constructed and tested in
        accordance with a pipeline licence;

   (b)  in the case of a secondary line or water line, it has been constructed
        and tested in accordance with a consent in writing of the Designated
        Authority; and

   (c)  the Designated Authority has certified in writing that the Designated
        Authority is satisfied that the pipeline, secondary line or water
        line, as the case may be, has been so constructed and tested and is
        fit to be operated.



"(5) A person shall not, in the adjacent area, recommence to operate a
pipeline, a secondary line or a water line the previous operation of which was
discontinued except with and in accordance with a consent in writing of the
Designated Authority.



"(6) The Designated Authority may, for reasons that he thinks sufficient,
refuse to give his consent or certificate for the purposes of this section or
at tach conditions to such a consent.

Penalty: $50,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.".