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Mineral Resources Act 1989
sec.318AIPetroleum tenures
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### sec.318AI Petroleum tenures
A petroleum lease is a petroleum lease under the Petroleum Act 1923 or the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act .
An authority to prospect is an authority to prospect under the Petroleum Act 1923 or the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act .
A petroleum tenure is an authority to prospect or a petroleum lease.
However, for parts 1 to 7 —
a petroleum lease does not include a petroleum lease under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act to which the Common Provisions Act , chapter 4 , applies; and
an authority to prospect does not include an authority to prospect under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act to which the Common Provisions Act , chapter 4 , applies.
s 318AI ins 2004 No. 25 s 1020
amd 2014 No. 47 s 389
(sec.318AI-ssec.1) A petroleum lease is a petroleum lease under the Petroleum Act 1923 or the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act .
(sec.318AI-ssec.2) An authority to prospect is an authority to prospect under the Petroleum Act 1923 or the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act .
(sec.318AI-ssec.3) A petroleum tenure is an authority to prospect or a petroleum lease.
(sec.318AI-ssec.4) However, for parts 1 to 7 — a petroleum lease does not include a petroleum lease under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act to which the Common Provisions Act , chapter 4 , applies; and an authority to prospect does not include an authority to prospect under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act to which the Common Provisions Act , chapter 4 , applies.
- (a) a petroleum lease does not include a petroleum lease under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act to which the Common Provisions Act , chapter 4 , applies; and
- (b) an authority to prospect does not include an authority to prospect under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act to which the Common Provisions Act , chapter 4 , applies.