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Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967
124AInterfering with offshore petroleum installation or operations
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#### 124A Interfering with offshore petroleum installation or operations
(1) A person must not perform an act that results in:
(a) damage to, or interference with, any structure or vessel in an adjacent area that is, or is to be, used in exploring for, recovering, processing, storing, preparing for transport, or transporting, petroleum; or
(b) interference with any operations or activities being carried out, or any works being executed, on, by means of, or in connection with, such a structure or vessel.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) In this section:
> structure means any fixed, moveable or floating structure or installation and includes a pipeline, pumping station, tank station or valve station.