sec.238Application for PL over land in area of coal exploration authority

### 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.