Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
668Petroleum safety zones
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668 Petroleum safety zones
S. 668(1) amended by No. 74/2012 s. 13.
(1) For the purpose of protecting a petroleum well, a structure, or any equipment, in the offshore area, NOPSEMA may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, prohibit—
(a) all vessels; or
(b) all vessels other than specified vessels; or
(c) all vessels other than the vessels included in specified classes of vessels—
from entering or being present in a specified area (the petroleum safety zone) surrounding the petroleum well, structure or equipment without the written consent of NOPSEMA.
(2) A petroleum safety zone specified in a notice under subsection (1) may extend to a distance of 500 metres around the well, structure or equipment specified in the notice, where that distance is measured from each point of the outer edge of the well, structure or equipment.