219Grant of petroleum‑related pipeline licence—offer document

219 Grant of petroleum‑related pipeline licence—offer document

(a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction in the offshore area of a petroleum pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a petroleum production licence area; and

(b) the applicant is not the petroleum production licensee; and

(c) the application has not been rejected under section 216(2)—

the Minister may give the applicant a written notice (called an offer document) telling the applicant that the Minister is prepared to grant the applicant the pipeline licence.

(a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction of a petroleum pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a petroleum production licence area; and

(c) each of the following has been complied with—

(i) the conditions to which the petroleum production licence is, or has from time to time been, subject;

the Minister must give the applicant a written notice (called an offer document) telling the applicant that the Minister is prepared to grant the applicant the pipeline licence.

(a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction of a petroleum pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a petroleum production licence area; and

(c) any of—

(d) the Minister is satisfied that there are sufficient grounds to warrant the granting of the pipeline licence—

the Minister may give the applicant a written notice (called an offer document) telling the applicant that the Minister is prepared to grant the applicant the pipeline licence.

(5) If the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction in the offshore area of a petroleum pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered from a place beyond the outer limits of the offshore area, the Minister may give the applicant a written notice (called an offer document) telling the applicant that the Minister is prepared to grant the applicant a pipeline licence.

(6) An offer document under this section must specify the route to be followed by the petroleum pipeline, and that route must be—

(a) the route shown in the plan accompanying the application; or

(b) if the Minister is of the opinion that, for any reason, that route is not appropriate—a route that, in the opinion of the Minister, is appropriate.

1 Section 255 sets out additional requirements for offer documents (for example, a requirement that an offer document must contain a summary of conditions).