28Removal of property, &c., by licensee

28 Removal of property, &c., by licensee (1) Where a licence has been wholly or partly cancelled, or has expired, the Minister may, by instrument in writing served on the person who was, or is, as the case may be, the licensee, direct that person to: (a) remove or cause to be removed from the relinquished area the property specified in the instrument, being property that was brought into that area by a person engaged or concerned in the operations authorized by the licence, or to make arrangements that are satisfactory to the Minister for the removal or disposal of that property; and (b) make good, to the satisfaction of the Minister, any damage to the relinquished area caused by a person engaged or concerned in the operations authorized by the licence or caused by the removal of property under a direction referred to in paragraph (a), whether or not it was removed in a manner specified in the direction. (2) The Minister may, by instrument in writing served on a licensee, direct him to: (a) remove or cause to be removed from the licence area the property specified in the instrument, being property that was brought into that area by a person engaged or concerned in the operations authorized by the licence, or to make arrangements that are satisfactory to the Minister for the removal or disposal of that property; and (b) make good, to the satisfaction of the Minister, any damage to the licence area caused by a person engaged or concerned in

Energy Pipelines Act 1981 32 the operations authorized by the licence or caused by the removal of property under a direction referred to in paragraph (a), whether or not it was removed in a manner specified in the direction. (3) A direction under subsection (1)(a) or (2)(a) may specify the manner in which the property specified in the direction shall be removed. (4) A person to whom a direction under subsection (1) or (2) is given shall comply with the direction: (a) in the case of a direction given under subsection (1) – within the period specified in the instrument by which the direction was given; and (b) in the case of a direction given under subsection (2) – on or before the expiration of the licence.