237Rights conferred by petroleum access authority

237 Rights conferred by petroleum access authority

(1) A petroleum access authority authorises the registered holder, in accordance with the conditions (if any) to which the authority is subject, to carry on, in the authority area, the operations specified in the authority.

(2) A petroleum access authority does not authorise the registered holder to make a well.

S. 237(2A) inserted by No. 64/2012 s. 64.

(2A) However, a petroleum access authority authorises the registered holder to make a deviation well that enters—

(a) an adjacent permit area that is the subject of a petroleum exploration permit held by the registered holder; or

(b) an adjacent lease area that is the subject of a petroleum retention lease held by the registered holder; or

(c) an adjacent licence area that is the subject of a petroleum production licence held by the registered holder.