sec.844Amending applications

### sec.844 Amending applications If a person has made an application under this Act, the person may amend the application or a document accompanying the application only if— the application has not been decided; and the relevant person has agreed to the making of the amendment; and if the proposed amendment is to change the applicant—each applicant, and proposed applicant, has agreed to the change; and the person has paid any fee prescribed by regulation for the amendment. However, if the application is a tender for a petroleum tenure— a proposed work program or development plan included in the tender can not be amended after the applicant has become the preferred tenderer for the tender; and the tender can not be otherwise amended after the closing time for the relevant call for tenders. However— subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the tenderer is required to amend a development plan under the Common Provisions Act , section 132 or 145 ; and subsection (2) (b) does not apply if— the tenderer is a corporation; and the change is only a change of name of the tenderer; and the tenderer’s Australian company number and Australian registered business name have not changed. If, under subsection (1) , the application is amended to change the applicant, for the purpose of deciding the application, the applicant as changed is taken to have been the applicant from the making of the application. In this section— relevant person , for an application under this Act, means— the chief inspector, if the application is made under— section 622 , 728 or 731AB ; or chapter 9 , part 1 ; or otherwise—the chief executive. s 844 amd 2008 No. 56 s 110 ; 2014 No. 47 s 545 ; 2017 No. 34 s 87 ; 2018 No. 24 s 229 ; 2024 No. 34 s 259 (sec.844-ssec.1) If a person has made an application under this Act, the person may amend the application or a document accompanying the application only if— the application has not been decided; and the relevant person has agreed to the making of the amendment; and if the proposed amendment is to change the applicant—each applicant, and proposed applicant, has agreed to the change; and the person has paid any fee prescribed by regulation for the amendment. (sec.844-ssec.2) However, if the application is a tender for a petroleum tenure— a proposed work program or development plan included in the tender can not be amended after the applicant has become the preferred tenderer for the tender; and the tender can not be otherwise amended after the closing time for the relevant call for tenders. (sec.844-ssec.3) However— subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the tenderer is required to amend a development plan under the Common Provisions Act , section 132 or 145 ; and subsection (2) (b) does not apply if— the tenderer is a corporation; and the change is only a change of name of the tenderer; and the tenderer’s Australian company number and Australian registered business name have not changed. (sec.844-ssec.4) If, under subsection (1) , the application is amended to change the applicant, for the purpose of deciding the application, the applicant as changed is taken to have been the applicant from the making of the application. (sec.844-ssec.5) In this section— relevant person , for an application under this Act, means— the chief inspector, if the application is made under— section 622 , 728 or 731AB ; or chapter 9 , part 1 ; or otherwise—the chief executive. - (a) the application has not been decided; and - (b) the relevant person has agreed to the making of the amendment; and - (c) if the proposed amendment is to change the applicant—each applicant, and proposed applicant, has agreed to the change; and - (d) the person has paid any fee prescribed by regulation for the amendment. - (a) a proposed work program or development plan included in the tender can not be amended after the applicant has become the preferred tenderer for the tender; and - (b) the tender can not be otherwise amended after the closing time for the relevant call for tenders. - (a) subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the tenderer is required to amend a development plan under the Common Provisions Act , section 132 or 145 ; and - (b) subsection (2) (b) does not apply if— (i) the tenderer is a corporation; and (ii) the change is only a change of name of the tenderer; and (iii) the tenderer’s Australian company number and Australian registered business name have not changed. - (i) the tenderer is a corporation; and - (ii) the change is only a change of name of the tenderer; and - (iii) the tenderer’s Australian company number and Australian registered business name have not changed. - (i) the tenderer is a corporation; and - (ii) the change is only a change of name of the tenderer; and - (iii) the tenderer’s Australian company number and Australian registered business name have not changed. - (a) the chief inspector, if the application is made under— (i) section 622 , 728 or 731AB ; or (ii) chapter 9 , part 1 ; or - (i) section 622 , 728 or 731AB ; or - (ii) chapter 9 , part 1 ; or - (b) otherwise—the chief executive. - (i) section 622 , 728 or 731AB ; or - (ii) chapter 9 , part 1 ; or