119Application, savings and transitional

119 Application, savings and transitional (1) Subject to this section, this Act does not apply to or in relation to: (a) a permit or lease, granted under the repealed Act before the commencement of this Act; (b) a renewal of a permit or lease referred to in paragraph (a); or (c) the application for, or grant or renewal of, a lease in relation to an area which was previously the whole or part of the area the subject of a permit referred to in paragraph (a). (1A) Part VB applies to and in relation to a lease referred to in (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the repealed Act shall continue in force as though this Act had not come into force except that a lease granted or renewed under the repealed Act remains in force for the same period as a production licence and is subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the release of information and the giving of directions by the Minister. (2AA) A lessee of a lease referred to in subsection (1) may apply for the renewal of the lease under the repealed Act, as continued in force by subsection (2), at a time earlier than that specified in the repealed Act, and, subject to Part IIA if applicable, the Minister may grant the renewal, where the Minister is satisfied that there are commercial reasons that justify the application being made at a time earlier than that specified in the repealed Act.

Petroleum Act 1984 184 (2A) The Minister shall not under the repealed Act, as continued in force by subsection (2), grant a lease of land comprising the whole or a part of a park or reserve except in accordance with the conditions, if any, specified by the minister administering the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976. (2B) The holder of a permit continued in force by subsection (2) shall not carry out work referred to in a statement under section 25 of the repealed Act, or other exploration, which may cause significant disturbance to the surface of land comprising the whole or a part of a park or reserve unless he has advised the Minister, in writing, of the proposed activity and he carries it out in accordance with such directions, if any, as the Minister thinks fit, or which are required under subsection (2C) to be given, to protect the environment of or in the vicinity of the park or reserve. (2C) The minister administering the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 may require the Minister to give as directions under subsection (2B) such directions in relation to the protection of the environment of the park or reserve referred to in that subsection as the minister thinks fit, and the Minister shall give those directions accordingly. (2D) Subject to subsection (2E), a lease in respect of which a condition referred to in subsection (2A) is specified is, in addition to the conditions prescribed for the purposes of section 46(2)(b) of the repealed Act, subject to that condition so specified. (2E) Where a condition prescribed for the purposes of section 46(2)(b) of the repealed Act is inconsistent with a condition specified under subsection (2A), the first-mentioned condition, to the extent of that inconsistency, has no force or effect. (2F) The Minister has power to give a direction referred to in subsection (2B). (3) A permittee or lessee, within the meaning of the repealed Act, may, by notice in writing to the Minister, apply to surrender his permit or lease under the repealed Act in consideration of a grant, subject to subsection (4), of a permit or licence under this Act. (4) In an application under subsection (3), the permittee or lessee, within the meaning of the repealed Act, shall specify: (a) the nature; (b) the term, including whether it shall be deemed to be an initial grant or a renewal and the date of expiration; and (c) the conditions,