8The *Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990* s. 32(2)‑(6) read as follows:

8 The *Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990* s. 32(2)‑(6) read as follows: (a) at the commencement of this section, a nomination has been made under section 46 of the principal Act; and (b) at that commencement, a declaration had not been made under section 47 of the principal Act as a result of the making of the nomination, sections 46, 47 and 48 of the principal Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continue to have effect in relation to that nomination and the block or blocks that would be affected by a declaration as if this Act had not been enacted. (3) A declaration made under section 47 of the principal Act as continued in force by subsection (2) has effect, and the principal Act, as amended by this Act, applies to the declaration, as if the declaration had been made under that section as amended by this Act. (4) A declaration in force under section 47 of the principal Act immediately before the commencement of this section has effect after that commencement as if it were a declaration under section 47 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act. (5) Where — (a) the permittee under a permit granted before the commencement of this section applies under section 50 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, for a licence; (b) the location that includes the block or blocks to which the application relates was declared under section 47 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act; (c) the location consists of not more than 8 blocks; (d) the Minister notifies the applicant in writing that, in his opinion, the number of blocks specified in the notification represents the maximum number of blocks that the applicant would have been entitled to have declared as a location instead of the block or blocks constituting the location referred to in paragraph (b) if this Act had not been enacted; and (e) the number of blocks specified in the notification exceeds the number of blocks in the location referred to in paragraph (b), section 50(1) of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, applies as if the firstmentioned location were constituted by the number of blocks specified in the notification referred to in paragraph (d). (a) a lessee under a lease of a block or blocks for which a permit was granted before the commencement of this section applies under section 50A of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, for a licence; (b) the location that includes the block or blocks to which the application relates was declared under section 47 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act; (c) the location consists of not more than 8 blocks; (d) the Minister notifies the applicant in writing that, in his opinion, the number of blocks specified in the notification represents the maximum number of blocks that the applicant would have been entitled to have declared as a location instead of the block or blocks constituting the location referred to in paragraph (b) if this Act had not been enacted; and (e) the number of blocks specified in the notification exceeds the number of blocks in the location referred to in paragraph (b), section 50A(2) of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, applies as if the lease were in respect of the number of blocks specified in the notification referred to in paragraph (d).