Petroleum (Offshore) Act 1982
125Interference with other rights
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125 Interference with other rights
125 Interference with other rights
A person carrying on operations in the adjacent area under a permit, lease, licence, pipeline licence, special prospecting authority, access authority or instrument of consent under section 124 shall carry on those operations in a manner that does not interfere with—
(a) navigation,
(b) fishing,
(c) the conservation of the resources of the sea and sea-bed, or
(d) any operations of another person being lawfully carried on by way of exploration for, recovery of or conveyance of a mineral, whether petroleum or not, or by way of construction or operation of a pipeline,
to a greater extent than is necessary for the reasonable exercise of the rights and performance of the duties of that firstmentioned person.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
s 125: Am 1986 No 59, Sch 7 (25); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.