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Petroleum Act 1998
95KAuthorisation holder must give data to permit, lease or licence holder
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95K Authorisation holder must give data to permit, lease or licence holder
(1) This section applies if any part of a special drilling authorisation area falls within an area that is the subject of an exploration permit, a retention lease or a production licence held by a current authority holder who is not the holder of the special drilling authorisation.
S. 95K(2) amended by No. 64/2012 s. 54.
(2) The holder of the special drilling authorisation must give a copy of any factual information obtained as a result of operations carried out under the authorisation in that part of the area to the current authority holder within 30 days after completing in that part of the area the operations from which the information was obtained.
(3) If there is an agreement between the holder of the authorisation and the current authority holder in relation to the supply of the information, that agreement prevails over anything to the contrary in this section.
(4) A person must not impose any conditions on the supply of information under this section.
(5) A person must comply with any obligation imposed on it by this section.
Part 7—Provisions applying to authorities generally
Division 1—Applications
96 Application for authorities
(1) An applicant for an authority—
(a) must apply for the authority in the manner required by the Minister; and
(b) must submit a proposed work program and details of how much it intends to spend on each part of that program; and
(c) must submit details of any matter required by the Minister to enable the Minister to assess the application; and
(d) must submit evidence of its ability to comply with this Act; and
(e) may set out other matters that it wishes the Minister to consider.
(2) In the case of an applicant for a retention lease who does not intend to carry out any petroleum operations under the lease, it is sufficient compliance with subsection (1)(b) if the applicant submits a document declaring that intention.