122Records etc. to be kept

#### 122 Records etc. to be kept (1) The Designated Authority in respect of an adjacent area, or a part of an adjacent area, may, by instrument in writing served on a person carrying on operations in the adjacent area, or the part of an adjacent area, under a permit, lease, licence, infrastructure licence, pipeline licence, special prospecting authority, access authority or instrument of consent under section 123, direct that person to do any one or more of the following things: (a) to keep such accounts, records and other documents in connexion with those operations as are specified in the instrument; (b) to collect and retain such cores, cuttings and samples in connexion with those operations as are so specified; and (c) to furnish to the Designated Authority, or to such person as is so specified, in the manner so specified, such reports, returns, other documents, cores, cuttings and samples in connexion with those operations as are so specified. (2) A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) shall comply with the direction. Penalty: 100 penalty units. (3) The Commonwealth Minister may give to the Designated Authority directions with respect to the exercise by the Designated Authority of the powers conferred by subsection (1). (4) A direction under subsection (3) may be in respect of a particular case or of general application.