The holder of the environmental authority must not carry out, or allow the carrying out of, a petroleum activity under the petroleum lease unless either—
(a) all of the following apply—(i) the holder has given the administering authority a plan of operations for the petroleum activities;(ii) at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, have passed since the plan was submitted;(iii) the plan complies with section 292 ;(iv) the petroleum activity is carried out in the plan period; or
(b) all of the following apply—(i) the holder has given the administering authority a replacement plan for the petroleum activities under section 293 at least 20 business days, or a shorter period agreed in writing by the administering authority and the holder, before the original plan ends;(ii) the replacement plan complies with section 293 ;(iii) the petroleum activity is carried out in the period for the replacement plan mentioned in section 293 (7) .
Penalty—Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
Note—See section 297 for conditions about when the holder of an environmental authority for a resource activity must not carry out, or allow the carrying out, of the resource activity under the authority.