Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
506Entries in Register—general
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506 Entries in Register—general
(1) The Minister must enter in the Register a memorial for each title and petroleum special prospecting authority.
(2) A memorial with the content referred to in column 2 for an item in the table must comply with requirements for that item set out in column 3 of the table—
| 1 | a title or petroleum special prospecting authority | specify the name of the holder of the title or petroleum special prospecting authority. | | 2 | a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease, petroleum production licence, petroleum special prospecting authority or petroleum access authority | set out an accurate description (including, where convenient, a map) of the permit area, lease area, licence area or authority area. | | 3 | an infrastructure licence | set out details of the licence area. | | 4 | a pipeline licence | set out an accurate description of the route of the pipeline. |
| 5 | a title or petroleum special prospecting authority | specify the term of the title or petroleum special prospecting authority. | | 6 | a title or petroleum special prospecting authority | set out such other matters and things as are required by this Act to be entered in the Register. | | 7 | a title or petroleum special prospecting authority | set out such further matters relating to the registered holder, or to the conditions of the title or petroleum special prospecting authority, as the Minister thinks proper and expedient in the public interest. |
(3) The Minister must enter in the Register a memorial of—
(a) a notice or instrument—
(i) varying; or
(ii) cancelling (to any extent); or
(iii) surrendering (to any extent); or
(iv) otherwise affecting—
a title or petroleum special prospecting authority; or
(b) a notice under section 184; or
(c) a notice or instrument varying or revoking a notice or instrument referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
1 Paragraph (a)(iv) would cover, for example, a notice terminating a petroleum production licence, infrastructure licence or pipeline licence, or a notice revoking a petroleum retention lease or petroleum access authority.
2 Section 184 deals with unit development.
(4) It is a sufficient compliance with the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (3) if the Minister enters a copy of the title, petroleum special prospecting authority, notice or instrument in the Register.
(5) The Minister must endorse on—
(a) the memorial; or
(b) the copy of the title, petroleum special prospecting authority, notice or instrument—
a memorandum of the date on which the memorial or copy was entered in the Register.