107Removal of property etc. by permittee etc.

#### 107 Removal of property etc. by permittee etc. (1) If: (a) a permit has been wholly or partly determined or wholly or partly cancelled, or has expired; or (b) a lease has been wholly or partly determined or wholly cancelled, or has expired; or (c) a licence has been wholly or partly determined or wholly or partly cancelled, has been terminated or has expired; or (d) an infrastructure licence has been cancelled or has been terminated; or (e) a pipeline licence has been wholly or partly determined or wholly or partly cancelled, or has been terminated; the Designated Authority may, by written notice served on the person who was, or is, as the case may be, the permittee, licensee, lessee, infrastructure licensee or pipeline licensee, direct the person to do any one or more of the following: (f) to remove or cause to be removed from the relinquished area all property brought into the area by any person engaged or concerned in the operations authorised by the permit, lease, licence, infrastructure licence or pipeline licence or to make arrangements that are satisfactory to the Designated Authority with respect to the property; (g) to plug or close off, to the satisfaction of the Designated Authority, all wells made in that area by any person engaged or concerned in those operations; (h) subject to this Part and to the regulations, to make provision, to the satisfaction of the Designated Authority, for the conservation and protection of the natural resources in that area; (i) to make good, to the satisfaction of the Designated Authority, any damage to the sea‑bed or subsoil in that area caused by any person engaged or concerned in those operations. (2) The Designated Authority, in respect of an adjacent area, or a part of an adjacent area, may, by written notice served on a person who holds a permit, lease, licence, infrastructure licence, or pipeline licence, in respect of one or more blocks in that adjacent area, or that part of an adjacent area, direct the person to do any one or more of the following: (a) to remove or cause to be removed from the permit area, lease area, licence area, infrastructure licence area or area in the adjacent area in which the pipeline is constructed, as the case may be, all property brought into the area by any person engaged or concerned in the operations authorised by the permit, lease, licence, infrastructure licence or pipeline licence or to make arrangements that are satisfactory to the Designated Authority with respect to the property; (b) to plug or close off, to the satisfaction of the Designated Authority, all wells made in that area by any person engaged or concerned in those operations; (c) subject to this Part and to the regulations, to make provision, to the satisfaction of the Designated Authority, for the conservation and protection of the natural resources in that area; and (d) to make good, to the satisfaction of the Designated Authority, any damage to the sea‑bed or subsoil in that area caused by any person engaged or concerned in those operations. (3) A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) or (2) shall comply with the direction: (a) in the case of a direction given under subsection (1)—within the period specified in the instrument by which the direction was given; or (b) in the case of a direction given under subsection (2) in respect of: (i) a permit; or (ii) a lease; or (iii) a licence granted before the commencement of subsection 53(2) that has not been renewed more than once; on or before the date of expiration of the permit, lease or licence; or (c) in the case of a direction given under subsection (2) in respect of: (i) a licence (other than a licence to which paragraph (b) applies); or (ii) an infrastructure licence; or (iii) a pipeline licence; on or before the first date on which the licence, infrastructure licence or pipeline licence can be terminated under this Part. Penalty: 100 penalty units.