sec.176Who may apply for data acquisition authority

### sec.176 Who may apply for data acquisition authority A petroleum tenure holder may apply for a data acquisition authority to allow the applicant to carry out the following activities ( data acquisition activities )— geophysical surveys on land (the data acquisition land ) contiguous to land in the area of the tenure to enable the applicant to acquire data relevant to authorised activities under the tenure; the entering of the data acquisition land to carry out the geophysical surveys. However, the application can not be made or granted for land in the area of another petroleum tenure. (sec.176-ssec.1) A petroleum tenure holder may apply for a data acquisition authority to allow the applicant to carry out the following activities ( data acquisition activities )— geophysical surveys on land (the data acquisition land ) contiguous to land in the area of the tenure to enable the applicant to acquire data relevant to authorised activities under the tenure; the entering of the data acquisition land to carry out the geophysical surveys. (sec.176-ssec.2) However, the application can not be made or granted for land in the area of another petroleum tenure. - (a) geophysical surveys on land (the data acquisition land ) contiguous to land in the area of the tenure to enable the applicant to acquire data relevant to authorised activities under the tenure; - (b) the entering of the data acquisition land to carry out the geophysical surveys.