103Exemption

103 Exemption

103 Exemption

(1) Where—

(a) a permit, lease, licence or pipeline licence is, under this Part, to be deemed to continue in force until the Minister grants, or refuses to grant, the renewal of the permit, lease, licence or pipeline licence,

(b) a licence is varied under section 46,

(c) a licensee enters into an agreement under section 60, or a direction is given to a licensee under that section,

(d) a permit, lease or licence is partly cancelled, partly determined or surrendered as to 1 or more but not all of the blocks in respect of which it is in force,

(e) a pipeline licence is varied under section 72 or 73,

(f) a direction is given to a pipeline licensee under section 74,

(g) a pipeline licence is partly cancelled,

(h) an access authority is granted in respect of a block the subject of a permit, lease or licence, or an access authority as in force in respect of such a block is varied,

(i) a permittee, lessee, licensee, pipeline licensee or the holder of a special prospecting authority or access authority applies, by instrument in writing served on the Minister—

(i) for a variation or suspension of, or

(ii) for exemption from compliance with,

any of the conditions to which the permit, lease, licence, pipeline licence, special prospecting authority or access authority is subject, or

(j) the Minister, under this Part or the regulations, gives a direction or consent to a permittee, lessee, licensee, pipeline licensee or the holder of a special prospecting authority or access authority,

the Minister may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on the permittee, lessee, licensee, pipeline licensee or holder of the special prospecting authority or access authority—

(k) vary or suspend, or

(l) exempt the permittee, lessee, licensee, pipeline licensee or holder of the special prospecting authority or access authority from compliance with,

any of the conditions to which the permit, lease, licence, pipeline licence, special prospecting authority or access authority is subject, upon such conditions, if any, as the Minister determines and specifies in the instrument.