Western Australian Current Acts

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 124B

124B .         Interfering with offshore petroleum installation or operation

        (1)         A person must not intentionally or recklessly —

            (a)         cause damage to, or interfere with, any structure or vessel in the adjacent area that is, or is to be, used in an offshore petroleum operation; or

            (b)         interfere with any offshore petroleum operation.

        Penalty: imprisonment for 10 years.

        (2)         In this section —

        structure means any fixed, moveable or floating structure or installation and includes a pipeline, pumping station, tank station and valve station.

        [Section 124B inserted: No. 13 of 2005 s. 39.]