Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 49

49 .         Recovery of petroleum or geothermal energy resources in State

        (1)         A person shall not carry on operations for the recovery of petroleum in the State except —

            (a)         under and in accordance with a petroleum production licence; or

            (b)         as otherwise permitted by this Act.

        Penalty: a fine of $50 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

        (2)         A person shall not carry on operations for the recovery of geothermal energy in the State except —

            (a)         under and in accordance with a geothermal production licence; or

            (b)         as otherwise permitted by this Act.

        Penalty: a fine of $50 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

        [Section 49 inserted by No. 12 of 1990 s. 35; amended by No. 35 of 2007 s. 45; No. 42 of 2010 s. 62(15).]