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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.30AJoint holders of a petroleum authority
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### sec.30A Joint holders of a petroleum authority
A petroleum authority may be held by 2 or more persons as joint tenants or as tenants in common.
If—
an application is made for a petroleum authority, or for approval to register a transfer of a petroleum authority under the Common Provisions Act , for more than 1 proposed holder or transferee; and
the application does not show whether the proposed holders or transferees are to hold as joint tenants or as tenants in common; and
the application is granted;
the chief executive must record in the register that the applicants hold the authority as tenants in common.
In this section—
petroleum authority includes a share in a petroleum authority.
s 30A ins 2008 No. 56 s 93
amd 2012 No. 20 s 265 ; 2014 No. 47 ss 538 , 577
(sec.30A-ssec.1) A petroleum authority may be held by 2 or more persons as joint tenants or as tenants in common.
(sec.30A-ssec.2) If— an application is made for a petroleum authority, or for approval to register a transfer of a petroleum authority under the Common Provisions Act , for more than 1 proposed holder or transferee; and the application does not show whether the proposed holders or transferees are to hold as joint tenants or as tenants in common; and the application is granted; the chief executive must record in the register that the applicants hold the authority as tenants in common.
(sec.30A-ssec.3) In this section— petroleum authority includes a share in a petroleum authority.
- (a) an application is made for a petroleum authority, or for approval to register a transfer of a petroleum authority under the Common Provisions Act , for more than 1 proposed holder or transferee; and
- (b) the application does not show whether the proposed holders or transferees are to hold as joint tenants or as tenants in common; and
- (c) the application is granted;