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Energy Pipelines Act 1981
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44 Register of licences
(1) For the purposes of this Part, but subject to subsection (7), the
Registrar shall keep a register of permits and licences.
(1A) The register may be kept:
(a) in the form or combination of forms;
(b) on the medium or combination of mediums, including but not
limited to a computer, micro film or paper; and
(c) in the manner,
that the Minister thinks fit.
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(2) Subject to subsection (4), the Registrar shall enter or cause to be
entered in the register a memorial in respect of each permit or
licence:
(a) specifying the name of the holder of the permit or licence;
(b) in the case of a permit, setting out particulars of the land in
respect of which the permit is granted;
(c) setting out an accurate description (including a map) of the
licence area, the route of the pipeline authorized by the
licence and the situation of all fittings, pumps, tanks,
appurtenances and appliances used or to be used in
connection with each pipeline;
(d) specifying the term of the permit or licence; and
(e) setting out such other matters as are required by this Part to
be entered in the register.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Registrar shall cause to be entered in
the register a memorial of:
(a) all instruments varying, cancelling, surrendering or otherwise
affecting a permit or licence;
(b) all instruments varying or revoking an instrument referred to in
paragraph (a); and
(c) the expiration of a permit or licence.
(4) It is a sufficient compliance with the requirements of subsection (2)
or (3) if the Registrar causes a copy of the permit, licence or
instrument to be entered in the register.
(5) Subject to section 46(1), the registration of a permit, licence or
instrument is effective as soon as a memorial complying with
subsection (2) or (3), as the case may be, or a copy of the permit,
licence or instrument, has been entered in the register.
(6) The Registrar shall endorse on each memorial or copy of a
registered permit, licence or instrument a memorandum of the date
upon which the memorial or copy referred to in subsection (5) was
entered in the register.
(7) This section does not apply to or in relation to the transfer of a
permit or licence.
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