sec.101Minister’s power to ensure compliance by 1923 Act petroleum tenure holder

### sec.101 Minister’s power to ensure compliance by 1923 Act petroleum tenure holder This section applies if— a 1923 Act petroleum tenure holder has not complied with a requirement of the holder under this Act; and no other provision of this Act allows someone other than the holder to ensure compliance with the requirement. The Minister may take any action the Minister considers appropriate to ensure all or part of the requirement is complied with if— subsections (3) and (4) have been complied with; or the holder has agreed to the Minister taking the action. The Minister must give the holder a notice— stating the requirement and the action the Minister proposes to take; and inviting the holder to lodge, within a stated reasonable period, submissions about the proposed action. Any submissions lodged by the holder within the stated period must be considered before deciding to take the action. A decision to take the action does not take effect until the holder is given an information notice about the decision. The State may recover from the holder as a debt any reasonable costs it incurs in the exercise of the power under subsection (2) . For additional orders that may be made on conviction, see section 118 . s 101 ins 1927 18 Geo 5 No. 13 s 3 amd 1929 20 Geo 5 No. 17 s 19; 1939 3 Geo 6 No. 19 s 18 sub 1958 7 Eliz 2 No. 25 s 11 amd 1962 No. 30 s 27 ; 1967 No. 37 s 12 sub 2004 No. 26 s 61 amd 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1 , s 281 sch 2 (sec.101-ssec.1) This section applies if— a 1923 Act petroleum tenure holder has not complied with a requirement of the holder under this Act; and no other provision of this Act allows someone other than the holder to ensure compliance with the requirement. (sec.101-ssec.2) The Minister may take any action the Minister considers appropriate to ensure all or part of the requirement is complied with if— subsections (3) and (4) have been complied with; or the holder has agreed to the Minister taking the action. (sec.101-ssec.3) The Minister must give the holder a notice— stating the requirement and the action the Minister proposes to take; and inviting the holder to lodge, within a stated reasonable period, submissions about the proposed action. (sec.101-ssec.4) Any submissions lodged by the holder within the stated period must be considered before deciding to take the action. (sec.101-ssec.5) A decision to take the action does not take effect until the holder is given an information notice about the decision. (sec.101-ssec.6) The State may recover from the holder as a debt any reasonable costs it incurs in the exercise of the power under subsection (2) . For additional orders that may be made on conviction, see section 118 . - (a) a 1923 Act petroleum tenure holder has not complied with a requirement of the holder under this Act; and - (b) no other provision of this Act allows someone other than the holder to ensure compliance with the requirement. - (a) subsections (3) and (4) have been complied with; or - (b) the holder has agreed to the Minister taking the action. - (a) stating the requirement and the action the Minister proposes to take; and - (b) inviting the holder to lodge, within a stated reasonable period, submissions about the proposed action.