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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.294BAuthorised person to carry out remediation activities
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### sec.294B Authorised person to carry out remediation activities
The chief executive may authorise a person to remediate any of the following bores or wells and to rehabilitate the surrounding area in compliance with the requirements prescribed under a regulation (the remediation activity )—
a bore or well posing a risk to life or property;
a bore or well the chief executive reasonably believes is a legacy borehole;
a bore or well on fire or emitting gas causing a gas concentration in the surrounding air greater than the lower flammability limit.
In this section—
remediate , a bore or well, includes plug and abandon the bore or well.
s 294B ins 2014 No. 47 s 586
(sec.294B-ssec.1) The chief executive may authorise a person to remediate any of the following bores or wells and to rehabilitate the surrounding area in compliance with the requirements prescribed under a regulation (the remediation activity )— a bore or well posing a risk to life or property; a bore or well the chief executive reasonably believes is a legacy borehole; a bore or well on fire or emitting gas causing a gas concentration in the surrounding air greater than the lower flammability limit.
(sec.294B-ssec.2) In this section— remediate , a bore or well, includes plug and abandon the bore or well.
- (a) a bore or well posing a risk to life or property;
- (b) a bore or well the chief executive reasonably believes is a legacy borehole;
- (c) a bore or well on fire or emitting gas causing a gas concentration in the surrounding air greater than the lower flammability limit.