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Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Decommissioning of petroleum infrastructure and wells - Decommissioning obligations in relation to wells

89X: Joint and several liability

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"Everyone who holds a permit or licence is responsible together and individually for meeting its obligations."

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If you are one of two or more people who hold a permit under section 89R, you are all responsible for making sure the permit holder's obligations are met. This means you must all work together to plug and abandon wells, and you must all help pay for it. You are each individually responsible for making sure this work is done.

If you are one of two or more people who hold a licence under section 89S, you are all responsible for making sure the licence holder's obligations are met. This means you must all work together to plug and abandon wells, and you must all help pay for it. You are each individually responsible for making sure this work is done.

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Part 1BPermits, access to land, and other matters
Decommissioning of petroleum infrastructure and wells: Decommissioning obligations in relation to wells

89XJoint and several liability

  1. Subsection (2) applies if section 89R applies and there is a permit holder who is 2 or more persons.

  2. Each person to whom this subsection applies is jointly and severally liable to comply with and perform the obligations of the permit holder in relation to carrying out, and meeting the costs of, plugging and abandoning wells.

  3. Subsection (4) applies if section 89S applies and there is a licence holder who is 2 or more persons.

  4. Each person to whom this subsection applies is jointly and severally liable to perform the obligations of the licence holder in relation to carrying out, and meeting the costs of, plugging and abandoning wells.

Notes
  • Section 89X: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 53).