18Notice of application for exploration permit

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). Petroleum Act 1984 26 (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.