Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981
108Removal of property etc. by Minister
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108 Removal of property etc. by Minister If: (aa) a permit or licence has been wholly determined, partly determined, wholly cancelled or partly cancelled, or has expired; (ab) a pipeline licence has been wholly determined, partly determined, wholly cancelled or partly cancelled, or has been terminated; or (ac) a lease has been wholly determined, partly determined or wholly cancelled, or has expired,
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 108 and, in respect of the permit, licence, pipeline licence or lease, a direction under section 107 has not been complied with, or an arrangement under that section has not been carried out, in relation to a relinquished area: (a) the Minister may do all or any of the things required by the direction or arrangement to be done; and (b) if any property brought into that area by any person engaged or concerned in the operations authorized by the permit, lease, licence or pipeline licence has not been removed in accordance with the direction or arrangement, the Minister may, by instrument published in the Gazette, direct that the owner or owners of that property shall remove it from that area, or dispose of it to the satisfaction of the Minister, within the period specified in the notice and shall serve a copy of the notice on each person whom he or she believes to be the owner of that property or any part of that property.