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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.27Petroleum reservation in land grants
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### sec.27 Petroleum reservation in land grants
This section applies to each grant under another Act, other than the 1923 Act , of a right—
relating to land that, immediately before the grant, was unallocated State land as defined under the Land Act 1994 ; and
that is, or was, issued on or after the commencement of the 1923 Act .
The 1923 Act commenced on 12 November 1923.
The grant is taken to contain a reservation to the State of—
all petroleum on or below the surface of the land; and
the exclusive right to do the following in relation to the land—
to enter and carry out any petroleum-related activity;
to authorise, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, others to carry out any petroleum-related activity;
to regulate, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, petroleum-related activities carried out by others.
In this section—
grant , of a right, includes an authority, lease, licence, permit or other instrument of tenure, however called.
petroleum-related activity means any activity that may be carried out under this Act by the holder of any petroleum authority.
s 27 amd 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1
(sec.27-ssec.1) This section applies to each grant under another Act, other than the 1923 Act , of a right— relating to land that, immediately before the grant, was unallocated State land as defined under the Land Act 1994 ; and that is, or was, issued on or after the commencement of the 1923 Act . The 1923 Act commenced on 12 November 1923.
(sec.27-ssec.2) The grant is taken to contain a reservation to the State of— all petroleum on or below the surface of the land; and the exclusive right to do the following in relation to the land— to enter and carry out any petroleum-related activity; to authorise, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, others to carry out any petroleum-related activity; to regulate, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, petroleum-related activities carried out by others.
(sec.27-ssec.3) In this section— grant , of a right, includes an authority, lease, licence, permit or other instrument of tenure, however called. petroleum-related activity means any activity that may be carried out under this Act by the holder of any petroleum authority.
- (a) relating to land that, immediately before the grant, was unallocated State land as defined under the Land Act 1994 ; and
- (b) that is, or was, issued on or after the commencement of the 1923 Act . Note— The 1923 Act commenced on 12 November 1923.
- (a) all petroleum on or below the surface of the land; and
- (b) the exclusive right to do the following in relation to the land— (i) to enter and carry out any petroleum-related activity; (ii) to authorise, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, others to carry out any petroleum-related activity; (iii) to regulate, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, petroleum-related activities carried out by others.
- (i) to enter and carry out any petroleum-related activity;
- (ii) to authorise, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, others to carry out any petroleum-related activity;
- (iii) to regulate, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, petroleum-related activities carried out by others.
- (i) to enter and carry out any petroleum-related activity;
- (ii) to authorise, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, others to carry out any petroleum-related activity;
- (iii) to regulate, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, petroleum-related activities carried out by others.