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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 124A

124A Interfering with offshore petroleum installation or operations

(1) A person must not wilfully—

(a) cause damage to, or interfere with, a structure or vessel in the adjacent area that is, or is to be, used in exploring for, recovering, processing, storing, preparing for transport, or transporting, petroleum; or
(b) interfere with operations or activities being carried out, or works being executed, on, or by means of, or in connection with, a structure or vessel mentioned in paragraph (a).

Maximum penalty—660 penalty units or 10 years imprisonment.

(2) In this section—

structure means a fixed, moveable or floating structure or installation and includes, for example, a pipeline, pumping station, tank station or valve station.



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