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Petroleum Act 1923
sec.144Interference with pipeline or petroleum activities under this Act
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### sec.144 Interference with pipeline or petroleum activities under this Act
A person who destroys, damages, interferes with or operates any pipeline, or part of a pipeline, constructed or operated under this Act or anything on the site where the search for or recovery of petroleum is carried on under this Act commits an offence against this Act, unless the person does so under the authority of the owner of the pipeline or, as the case may be, thing.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
s 144 ins 1988 No. 51 s 15
amd 1995 No. 22 s 15 ; 2004 No. 26 s 63