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Petroleum Act 1984
18Notice of application for exploration permit
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18 Notice of application for exploration permit
(1AA) This section applies in relation to an application for the grant of an
exploration permit as soon as practicable:
(a) after the end of the application period; or
(b) if the Minister has made a request under section 16(5)(a) –
after the Minister has received all relevant information; or
(c) if the Minister has made a request under section 16(5)(b) –
after all matters relevant to the amendment or variation have
been completed; or
(d) if the Minister has made a decision under section 17(2) – after
giving notice under section 17(3).
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(1) The Minister must cause to be published, at the expense of the
applicant, in a newspaper circulating in the part of the Territory in
which the application area is situated, or in any other publication
that the Minister thinks fit, a notice containing:
(c) the name of the applicant; and
(d) a description of the application area sufficient to enable it
reasonably to be identified or a map upon which the proposed
boundaries of the application area are indicated by reference
to named geographical features; and
(e) a statement to the effect that a person may, within 2 months
after the notice is published in the newspaper or other
publication, lodge in writing with the Minister an objection to
the grant.
(2) The Minister may direct an applicant to serve a copy of a notice
under subsection (1) on a person named in the direction.