Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00638:section:44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00638
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 44
Character Range: 78054–79004

44  Licence etc. does not authorise unnecessary interference with other activities in the licence area
  A person contravenes this section if:
 (a) the person carries out activities in an offshore area under a licence or special purpose consent granted under this Act; and
 (b) those activities interfere with:
 (i) navigation; or
 (ii) the exercise of native title rights and interests; or
 (iii) fishing; or
 (iv) the conservation of the resources of the sea or the seabed; or
 (v) any activities that someone else is lawfully carrying out; and
 (c) the interference is greater than is necessary for:
 (i) the reasonable exercise of the person's rights under the licence or consent; or
 (ii) the performance of the person's duties under the licence or consent.
Note: The person referred to here might be the licence or consent holder or might be an associated person.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.

Part 2.2—Exploration licences

Division 1—General