62Removal of pipeline, &c., constructed in contravention of Act

62 Removal of pipeline, &c., constructed in contravention of Act (a) the construction of a pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line is commenced, continued or completed in contravention of this Act; or (b) a pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line is altered or reconstructed in contravention of this Act, the Minister may, by notice in writing served on the appropriate person, direct him: (c) to make such alterations to the pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line as are specified in the notice; or (d) to move the pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line to a specified place in, or to remove it from, the adjacent area, within the period specified in the notice.

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 66 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the appropriate person is: (a) if the construction of a pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line has been completed – the owner of the pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line; or (b) if the construction of a pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line has not been completed – the person for whom the pipeline, water line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or secondary line is being constructed. (3) Where a person who has been served with a notice under subsection (1) does not, within the period specified in the notice or within such further period, if any, as the Minister, on application in writing served on him before the expiration of the first-mentioned period, allows, comply with the direction, the Minister may do all or any of the things required by the direction to be done. (4) Costs and expenses incurred by the Minister under subsection (3) are a debt due by the person referred to in that subsection to the Territory and are recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.