12Access agreement required before commencement of

12 Access agreement required before commencement of operations (1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), an interest holder must not commence regulated operations on any particular area of land except in accordance with an approved access agreement. Note for subregulation (1) Regulation 47 provides that it is an offence for an interest holder to commence regulated operations on land without the land being the subject of an approved (2) An approved access agreement is not required: (a) if the land where the regulated operations are to be carried out is: (i) Aboriginal land; or (ii) vacant Crown land; or (b) to carry out an airborne survey that does not involve any physical contact with the relevant land. (3) This regulation does not apply to an interest holder who is acting in accordance with Part 5G.