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Petroleum Act 1998
95BApplication for special drilling authorisation
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95B Application for special drilling authorisation
(1) A current authority holder may apply to the Minister for the grant of a special drilling authorisation in respect of an area (other than an area to which the **Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982** applies) adjacent to the area set out in a primary authorisation held by the holder.
(2) In addition to complying with section 96, an applicant for a special drilling authorisation must—
(a) describe and precisely identify the area in respect of which the authorisation is sought; and
(b) describe in detail the operations that the person seeks to carry out in that area; and
(c) submit details of—
(iii) the financial resources available to it.
S. 95C inserted by No. 57/2009 s. 37.