79CInterference with transmission pipelines

79C Interference with transmission pipelines

(1) A person must not carry out any excavation or boring or open any ground within 3 metres of a transmission pipeline unless—

(a) the person has the authority of the gas company which owns or operates the transmission pipeline to do so; or

(b) if notice of the person's intention to do so is required to be given to that gas company under the regulations, the person gives that notice.

1. In the case of a natural person, 20 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 100 penalty units.

(2) This section does not apply to—

(a) an owner or occupier of any land on or under which the transmission pipeline is situated or passes if the owner or occupier excavates or bores or opens ground to a depth of not more than 300 millimetres in that land; or

(b) a person who, on behalf of an owner or occupier of any land on or under which the transmission pipeline is situated or passes, excavates or bores or opens ground to a depth of not more than 300 millimetres in that land.

S. 79D inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 29.