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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
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### sec.442 Incidental activities
This section applies if, under section 441 , a petroleum facility licence holder has the right to construct or operate a petroleum facility.
The holder may carry out an activity (an incidental activity ) in the area of the licence if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for the construction or operation.
constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, bridges, powerlines, roads, trenches and tunnels
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, the construction or operation of the petroleum facility
See also chapter 5 (Common petroleum authority provisions) and section 20 (What are the conditions of a petroleum authority).
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 442 amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2016 No. 27 s 346
(sec.442-ssec.1) This section applies if, under section 441 , a petroleum facility licence holder has the right to construct or operate a petroleum facility.
(sec.442-ssec.2) The holder may carry out an activity (an incidental activity ) in the area of the licence if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for the construction or operation. constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, bridges, powerlines, roads, trenches and tunnels 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, the construction or operation of the petroleum facility See also chapter 5 (Common petroleum authority provisions) and section 20 (What are the conditions of a petroleum authority).
(sec.442-ssec.3) 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 .
- 1 constructing or operating plant or works, including, for example, bridges, powerlines, roads, trenches and tunnels
- 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, the construction or operation of the petroleum facility