Part 2Licence applications

Part 2—Licence applications 4—General requirements An application for a licence, or for the renewal of a licence, under the Act— (a) must be addressed to the Minister; and (b) must be signed or executed by the applicant; and (c) must include, or be accompanied by, the following information or material (in addition to the material required by the Act): (i) the full name, business address and telephone number of the applicant; (ii) the name and telephone number of a person who can be contacted about the application; (iii) a description of the area or route to which the application relates, using co‑ordinates in a form determined or approved by the Minister and, if available, cadastral boundaries; (iv) in the case of an application for a licence—a map indicating the area or route to which the application relates and, in the case of an application for a pipeline licence, indicating significant topographical, environmental and cultural features; (v) information on the size of the area or length of the route to which the application relates, expressed in square kilometres or kilometres (as appropriate); (vi) in the case of an application for a licence— (A) in the case of an incorporated body—a copy of the body's most recent audited annual financial statements; (B) in any other case—statements that demonstrate the expected financial position of the applicant over the anticipated term of the licence (or a shorter term determined by the Minister); (vii) in the case of an application for a licence—a statement of the technical qualifications and experience of the applicant; (viii) in the case of an application for a licence—if the application is being made by more than one person—information on the interest that each person will have in the licence (which may be expressed as a percentage). 5—Preliminary survey and speculative survey licences An application for a preliminary survey licence or a speculative survey licence, or for the renewal of a preliminary survey licence or a speculative survey licence, must also include, or be accompanied by, the following information or material: (a) if relevant, material identifying any existing licences that are wholly or partially contained within the proposed area of the licence; (b) a description of the regulated activities to be carried out under the licence. 6—Exploration licences An application for an exploration licence, or for the renewal of an exploration licence, must also include, or be accompanied by, the following information or material: (a) the proposed work program and information as to the approximate cost of operations to be carried out under the program in each year of the licence; (b) a technical report that assesses the prospectivity of the area and how the proposed work program relates to this prospectivity; (c) if applications have been invited by public advertisement—a statement that addresses the stated criteria. 7—Retention licences An application for a retention licence, or for the renewal of a retention licence, must also include, or be accompanied by, the following information or material: (a) the proposed work program and information as to the approximate cost of operations to be carried out under the program in each year of the licence; (b) in the case of an application that relates to a proposed or existing petroleum retention licence, regulated substance retention licence or geothermal retention licence—all information reasonably required to enable the Minister to assess whether a regulated resource has been discovered in the licence area and the potential of the discovery to be brought to commercial production within 15 years, including an assessment of the factors and risks that may influence predicted outcomes; (c) in the case of an application that relates to a proposed gas storage retention licence—all information reasonably required to enable the Minister to assess whether— (i) the grant of the licence is reasonable to facilitate the testing of the relevant natural reservoir for the storage of a regulated substance; or (ii) the grant of the licence may proceed because the use of the relevant natural reservoir for the storage of a regulated substance is not currently commercially feasible or reasonable (including by virtue of the fact that production of a regulated substance from a related area is not currently commercially feasible); (d) in the case of an application that relates to an existing gas storage retention licence in circumstances where the Minister has determined that it appears the natural reservoir is more likely than not to be used in connection with the production of a regulated substance—all information reasonably required for the Minister to assess whether the natural reservoir is more likely than not to be used in connection with the production of a regulated substance within the next 15 years, including an assessment of the factors and risks that may influence predicted outcomes; (e) a map showing an outline of the proposed area for the purposes of the Act, the location of the relevant natural resource and, in the case of a petroleum retention licence or a regulated substance retention licence, setting out the area of the discovery in square kilometres together with a technical justification for the area that has been chosen. 8—Production licences An application for a production licence must also include, or be accompanied by, the following information or material: (a) in the case of an application that relates to a petroleum production licence, a regulated substance production licence or a geothermal production licence—all information reasonably required to enable the Minister to assess whether a regulated resource has been discovered in the licence area and that production is currently commercially feasible or more likely than not to become commercially feasible within the next 24 months; (b) a map showing an outline of the proposed area for the purposes of the Act, the location of the relevant natural resource and, in the case of a petroleum production licence or a regulated substance production licence, setting out the area of the discovery in square kilometres together with a technical justification for the area that has been chosen; (c) information on the day on which operations would commence under the licence and the anticipated monthly production, injection or utilisation of the resource under the licence for the first 12 months following the commencement of operations. 9—Pipeline licences An application for a pipeline licence, or for an authorisation to alter or modify a pipeline or pipeline licence, must also include, or be accompanied by, the following information or material: (a) technical details concerning the proposed pipeline, alteration or modification (including (if relevant) diameter, wall thickness, length, design pressure and design flow rate); (b) if relevant, the type and location of all tanks, plant, equipment, machinery and other infrastructure that the applicant proposes to use or install; (c) information on any public or private interest known to the applicant that would be affected by the grant of the licence or the making of the alteration or modification; (d) unless an existing statement of environmental objectives applies—an environmental impact report and a draft statement of environmental objectives.