31Withdrawal of acceptance not affected by other provisions

31 Withdrawal of acceptance not affected by other provisions

(1)  The Minister may withdraw the acceptance of an environment plan for a petroleum activity on the ground that the operator or petroleum instrument holder has not complied with the Act, or a regulation mentioned in regulation 29(2)(b) , even though the operator or petroleum instrument holder has not been convicted of an offence by reason of the failure to comply with that provision.

(2)  The operator of, or the petroleum instrument holder for, a petroleum activity for which the acceptance of an environment plan has been withdrawn by the Minister on a ground referred to in subregulation (1) may be convicted of an offence by reason of the failure to comply with the provision, even though the acceptance of the environment plan has been withdrawn.