Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
248Rights conferred by petroleum scientific investigation consent
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248 Rights conferred by petroleum scientific investigation consent
(1) A petroleum scientific investigation consent authorises the holder, in accordance with the conditions (if any) to which the consent is subject, to carry on, in the offshore area specified in the consent, the petroleum exploration operations specified in the consent in the course of the scientific investigation specified in the consent.
(2) The rights conferred on the holder by subsection (1) are subject to section 276.
Section 276 deals with interference with other rights.