183AGrant of petroleum production licence as a result of a change to the boundary of the coastal waters of a State or Territory

183A Grant of petroleum production licence as a result of a change to the boundary of the coastal waters of a State or Territory

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a fixed‑term State/Territory petroleum production title has been granted by a State or the Northern Territory on the basis that an area (the relevant area) is within the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and (b) as a result of a change to the boundary of the coastal waters of the State or Territory, the relevant area: (i) ceases to be within the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and (ii) falls within the offshore area of the State or Territory; and (c) either: (i) the conditions set out in subsection (2) are satisfied; or (ii) the conditions set out in subsection (3) are satisfied; and (d) there are one or more section 33 blocks (the relevant section 33 blocks) that: (i) correspond to the section 33 blocks that were covered by the fixed‑term State/Territory petroleum production title immediately before the change; and (ii) are in the offshore area of the State or Territory; and (iii) are not the subject of a variation under section 267A. (2) The conditions mentioned in subparagraph (1)(c)(i) are: (a) one or more, but not all, of the section 33 blocks that were covered by the fixed‑term State/Territory petroleum production title immediately before the change are in the relevant area; and (b) the title subsequently ceases to be in force at the same time (the relevant time): (i) as to all of the section 33 blocks that were covered by the title immediately before the change and that are in the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and (ii) otherwise than as the result of the cancellation or surrender of the title. (3) The conditions mentioned in subparagraph (1)(c)(ii) are: (a) all of the section 33 blocks that were covered by the fixed‑term State/Territory petroleum production title immediately before the change are in the relevant area; and (b) the title subsequently ceases to be in force at the same time (the relevant time): (i) as to all of the section 33 blocks that were covered by the title immediately before the change; and (ii) otherwise than as the result of the cancellation or surrender of the title. Grant of licence (4) The Joint Authority is taken: (a) to have granted the holder of the fixed‑term State/Territory petroleum production title a petroleum production licence over the relevant section 33 blocks; and (b) to have done so immediately after the relevant time mentioned in whichever of subsection (2) or (3) is applicable.

Note: For the duration of the petroleum production licence, see item 5 of the table in subsection 165(1).

Deemed section 33 block (5) If, after the change to the boundary of the coastal waters of the State or Territory: (a) a part of a section 33 block that was covered by the fixed‑term State/Territory petroleum production title immediately before the change is in the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and (b) the remaining part of the section 33 block is in the offshore area of the State or Territory; then, for the purposes of this section (other than this subsection), each of those parts is taken to constitute, and to have always constituted, a section 33 block. Definitions (6) In this section: