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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.150DApproval of particular ATP storage testing taken to be approval for PL storage testing
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### sec.150D Approval of particular ATP storage testing taken to be approval for PL storage testing
This section applies if—
under section 71B (3) , the Minister has approved the carrying out of further ATP storage testing by an authority to prospect holder for a natural underground reservoir within an area (the original approval ); and
the Minister grants the holder a petroleum lease under section 120 for the area, or a part of the area containing the natural underground reservoir.
The original approval continues in existence for the further ATP storage testing, and is taken to be an approval by the Minister, under section 150C (3) (the transitional approval ), of further PL storage testing for the reservoir within the area of the petroleum lease.
The transitional approval is subject to—
the conditions to which the original approval is subject under section 71B (3) ; and
any new conditions the Minister considers appropriate.
s 150D ins 2014 No. 47 s 613
(sec.150D-ssec.1) This section applies if— under section 71B (3) , the Minister has approved the carrying out of further ATP storage testing by an authority to prospect holder for a natural underground reservoir within an area (the original approval ); and the Minister grants the holder a petroleum lease under section 120 for the area, or a part of the area containing the natural underground reservoir.
(sec.150D-ssec.2) The original approval continues in existence for the further ATP storage testing, and is taken to be an approval by the Minister, under section 150C (3) (the transitional approval ), of further PL storage testing for the reservoir within the area of the petroleum lease.
(sec.150D-ssec.3) The transitional approval is subject to— the conditions to which the original approval is subject under section 71B (3) ; and any new conditions the Minister considers appropriate.
- (a) under section 71B (3) , the Minister has approved the carrying out of further ATP storage testing by an authority to prospect holder for a natural underground reservoir within an area (the original approval ); and
- (b) the Minister grants the holder a petroleum lease under section 120 for the area, or a part of the area containing the natural underground reservoir.
- (a) the conditions to which the original approval is subject under section 71B (3) ; and
- (b) any new conditions the Minister considers appropriate.