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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.112Incidental activities
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### sec.112 Incidental activities
The lease holder may carry out an activity (an incidental activity ) in the area of the lease if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for, or incidental to—
another authorised activity for the lease; or
an authorised activity for another petroleum lease or an authority to prospect.
constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, compressors, powerlines, pumping stations, reservoirs, roads, evaporation or storage ponds and tanks
constructing or using temporary structures or structures of an industrial or technical nature, including, for example, mobile and temporary camps
removing vegetation for, or for the safety of, exploration or testing under section 150A (1) or 150C (1)
See also part 10 , section 239 , chapter 5 and section 20 (2) .
However, constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation is not an incidental activity.
For development generally, see the Planning Act 2016 , chapter 3 .
s 112 amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2012 No. 20 s 89 ; 2014 No. 47 s 609 ; 2016 No. 27 s 344 ; 2018 No. 24 s 204
(sec.112-ssec.1) The lease holder may carry out an activity (an incidental activity ) in the area of the lease if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for, or incidental to— another authorised activity for the lease; or an authorised activity for another petroleum lease or an authority to prospect. constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, compressors, powerlines, pumping stations, reservoirs, roads, evaporation or storage ponds and tanks constructing or using temporary structures or structures of an industrial or technical nature, including, for example, mobile and temporary camps removing vegetation for, or for the safety of, exploration or testing under section 150A (1) or 150C (1) See also part 10 , section 239 , chapter 5 and section 20 (2) .
(sec.112-ssec.2) However, constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation is not an incidental activity. For development generally, see the Planning Act 2016 , chapter 3 .
- (a) another authorised activity for the lease; or
- (b) an authorised activity for another petroleum lease or an authority to prospect.
- 1 constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, compressors, powerlines, pumping stations, reservoirs, roads, evaporation or storage ponds and tanks
- 2 constructing or using temporary structures or structures of an industrial or technical nature, including, for example, mobile and temporary camps
- 3 removing vegetation for, or for the safety of, exploration or testing under section 150A (1) or 150C (1)