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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.293Right of entry to facilitate decommissioning
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### sec.293 Right of entry to facilitate decommissioning
This section applies if—
a responsible person under section 292 has not carried out decommissioning on land as required under that section; and
the relevant petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority has ended or the land on which the well or bore is located is no longer in the area of the tenure or authority.
The responsible person may enter the following land to carry out the decommissioning—
land (the primary land ) on which the decommissioning must be, or was required to be, carried out;
any other land (the access land ) it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to the primary land.
The Common Provisions Act , chapter 3 , parts 2 , 3 and 6 and part 7 , divisions 1 , 2 and 5 applies to the responsible person, in the following way—
if the tenure or authority has ended, as if—
it were still in force; and
the person is its holder;
as if the primary land and access land is in the area of the tenure or authority;
as if the decommissioning is an authorised activity for the tenure or authority.
s 293 amd 2009 No. 3 s 552 ; 2010 No. 31 s 544 sch 2 pt 2 ; 2014 No. 47 s 555 ; 2018 No. 24 s 210 ; 2024 No. 33 s 183 s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.293-ssec.1) This section applies if— a responsible person under section 292 has not carried out decommissioning on land as required under that section; and the relevant petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority has ended or the land on which the well or bore is located is no longer in the area of the tenure or authority.
(sec.293-ssec.2) The responsible person may enter the following land to carry out the decommissioning— land (the primary land ) on which the decommissioning must be, or was required to be, carried out; any other land (the access land ) it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to the primary land.
(sec.293-ssec.3) The Common Provisions Act , chapter 3 , parts 2 , 3 and 6 and part 7 , divisions 1 , 2 and 5 applies to the responsible person, in the following way— if the tenure or authority has ended, as if— it were still in force; and the person is its holder; as if the primary land and access land is in the area of the tenure or authority; as if the decommissioning is an authorised activity for the tenure or authority.
- (a) a responsible person under section 292 has not carried out decommissioning on land as required under that section; and
- (b) the relevant petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority has ended or the land on which the well or bore is located is no longer in the area of the tenure or authority.
- (a) land (the primary land ) on which the decommissioning must be, or was required to be, carried out;
- (b) any other land (the access land ) it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to the primary land.
- (a) if the tenure or authority has ended, as if— (i) it were still in force; and (ii) the person is its holder;
- (i) it were still in force; and
- (ii) the person is its holder;
- (b) as if the primary land and access land is in the area of the tenure or authority;
- (c) as if the decommissioning is an authorised activity for the tenure or authority.
- (i) it were still in force; and
- (ii) the person is its holder;