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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.33Incidental activities
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### sec.33 Incidental activities
The authority to prospect holder may carry out an activity (an incidental activity ) in the area of the authority if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for, or incidental to, an authorised activity under section 32 (1) for the authority or another authority to prospect.
constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, pipelines associated with petroleum testing, powerlines, roads, separation plants, evaporation or storage ponds, tanks and water pipelines
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 32 (1)
See also part 10 , section 239 , chapter 5 and section 20 .
However, neither of the following activities is an incidental activity—
constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation;
For development generally, see the Planning Act 2016 , chapter 3 .
the processing of gaseous petroleum, other than gaseous petroleum produced as an unavoidable result of ATP production testing.
In this section—
gaseous petroleum means petroleum in a gaseous state.
processing , of gaseous petroleum, means treating the petroleum to be suitable for transport.
s 33 amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2012 No. 20 s 81 ; 2014 No. 47 s 599 ; 2016 No. 27 s 343
(sec.33-ssec.1) The authority to prospect holder may carry out an activity (an incidental activity ) in the area of the authority if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for, or incidental to, an authorised activity under section 32 (1) for the authority or another authority to prospect. constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, pipelines associated with petroleum testing, powerlines, roads, separation plants, evaporation or storage ponds, tanks and water pipelines 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 32 (1) See also part 10 , section 239 , chapter 5 and section 20 .
(sec.33-ssec.2) However, neither of the following activities is an incidental activity— constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation; For development generally, see the Planning Act 2016 , chapter 3 . the processing of gaseous petroleum, other than gaseous petroleum produced as an unavoidable result of ATP production testing.
(sec.33-ssec.3) In this section— gaseous petroleum means petroleum in a gaseous state. processing , of gaseous petroleum, means treating the petroleum to be suitable for transport.
- 1 constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, pipelines associated with petroleum testing, powerlines, roads, separation plants, evaporation or storage ponds, tanks and water pipelines
- 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 32 (1)
- (a) constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation; Note— For development generally, see the Planning Act 2016 , chapter 3 .
- (b) the processing of gaseous petroleum, other than gaseous petroleum produced as an unavoidable result of ATP production testing.