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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.291Plan of operations required to act under petroleum lease
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### sec.291 Plan of operations required to act under petroleum lease
The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out, or allow the carrying out of, a petroleum activity under the petroleum lease unless either—
all of the following apply—
the holder has given the administering authority a plan of operations for the petroleum activities;
at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, have passed since the plan was submitted;
the plan complies with section 292 ;
the petroleum activity is carried out in the plan period; or
all of the following apply—
the holder has given the administering authority a replacement plan for the petroleum activities under section 293 at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, before the original plan ends;
the replacement plan complies with section 293 ;
the petroleum activity is carried out in the period for the replacement plan mentioned in section 293 (7) .
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
See section 297 for conditions about when the holder of an environmental authority for a resource activity must not carry out, or allow the carrying out, of the resource activity under the authority.
s 291 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
sub 2012 No. 16 ss 7 – 8 ; 2018 No. 30 s 173
amd 2020 No. 26 s 63
- (a) all of the following apply— (i) the holder has given the administering authority a plan of operations for the petroleum activities; (ii) at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, have passed since the plan was submitted; (iii) the plan complies with section 292 ; (iv) the petroleum activity is carried out in the plan period; or
- (i) the holder has given the administering authority a plan of operations for the petroleum activities;
- (ii) at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, have passed since the plan was submitted;
- (iii) the plan complies with section 292 ;
- (iv) the petroleum activity is carried out in the plan period; or
- (b) all of the following apply— (i) the holder has given the administering authority a replacement plan for the petroleum activities under section 293 at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, before the original plan ends; (ii) the replacement plan complies with section 293 ; (iii) the petroleum activity is carried out in the period for the replacement plan mentioned in section 293 (7) .
- (i) the holder has given the administering authority a replacement plan for the petroleum activities under section 293 at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, before the original plan ends;
- (ii) the replacement plan complies with section 293 ;
- (iii) the petroleum activity is carried out in the period for the replacement plan mentioned in section 293 (7) .
- (i) the holder has given the administering authority a plan of operations for the petroleum activities;
- (ii) at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, have passed since the plan was submitted;
- (iii) the plan complies with section 292 ;
- (iv) the petroleum activity is carried out in the plan period; or
- (i) the holder has given the administering authority a replacement plan for the petroleum activities under section 293 at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, before the original plan ends;
- (ii) the replacement plan complies with section 293 ;
- (iii) the petroleum activity is carried out in the period for the replacement plan mentioned in section 293 (7) .