114Declaration of location

114 Declaration of location

(a) a petroleum exploration permittee has made a nomination under section 112; and

(b) the Minister is of the opinion that the permittee is entitled under that section to nominate the block or blocks specified in the nomination—

the Minister must, by writing, declare the nominated block or blocks to be a location.

(2) A copy of a declaration under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.

(3) The Minister may form an opinion for the purposes of this section if the Minister considers that there are reasonable grounds for doing so having regard to any information the Minister has, whether given by the permittee or otherwise.

(4) If the Minister has made a nomination under section 113, the Minister must, by notice published in the Government Gazette, declare the nominated block or blocks to be a location.

S. 114(5) inserted by No. 16/2018 s. 16.

(a) a boundary-change petroleum exploration permit is granted over one or more section 37 blocks; and

(b) immediately before the grant, those section 37 blocks were, or were part of, a location within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act; and

(c) apart from this subsection, those section 37 blocks are not, and are not part of, a location within the meaning of this Act—

(d) to have declared those section 37 blocks to be a location; and

(e) to have done so immediately after the grant.

S. 114(6) inserted by No. 16/2018 s. 16.

(a) a petroleum exploration permit is varied under section 263A so as to include in the permit area one or more section 37 blocks; and

(b) immediately before the variation, those section 37 blocks were, or were part of, a location within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act; and

(c) apart from this subsection, those section 37 blocks are not, and are not part of, a location within the meaning of this Act—

(d) to have declared those section 37 blocks to be a location; and

(e) to have done so immediately after the variation.

S. 114(7) inserted by No. 16/2018 s. 16.

(b) if a graticular section is wholly within the area that was covered by the Commonwealth petroleum exploration title—the graticular section; or

(c) if a part only of a graticular section is within the area that was covered by the Commonwealth petroleum exploration title—that part of the graticular section.