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Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014
sec.238Application for PL over land in area of coal exploration authority
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### sec.238 Application for PL over land in area of coal exploration authority
This section applies if—
a person mentioned in the pre-amended P&G Act, section 304 or 331 made an application for the grant of a PL; and
the application was made but not decided before the commencement.
The new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the PL overlapping a coal exploration authority.
For applying the requirement under the new overlap provisions to give a petroleum production notice, the application for grant of the PL is taken to have been made on the commencement.
In this section—
coal exploration authority means an exploration permit, or a mineral development licence, granted for coal, to which the pre-amended P&G Act, section 304 or 331 applies.
s 238 sub 2016 No. 30 s 67
(sec.238-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person mentioned in the pre-amended P&G Act, section 304 or 331 made an application for the grant of a PL; and the application was made but not decided before the commencement.
(sec.238-ssec.2) The new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the PL overlapping a coal exploration authority.
(sec.238-ssec.3) For applying the requirement under the new overlap provisions to give a petroleum production notice, the application for grant of the PL is taken to have been made on the commencement.
(sec.238-ssec.4) In this section— coal exploration authority means an exploration permit, or a mineral development licence, granted for coal, to which the pre-amended P&G Act, section 304 or 331 applies.
- (a) a person mentioned in the pre-amended P&G Act, section 304 or 331 made an application for the grant of a PL; and
- (b) the application was made but not decided before the commencement.