118Exploration under authority overrides planning schemes

118 Exploration under authority overrides planning schemes (1) The holder of an authority may carry out in accordance with the authority a petroleum exploration operation in the authority area— (a) without obtaining a permit under the planning scheme that applies to the authority area; and (b) without complying with any conditions specified in that planning scheme in relation to the use or development of that land for exploration. (2) Subsection (1) applies even if the planning scheme wholly or partly prohibits the use or development of the authority area for exploration.