1APetroleum (Submerged Lands) Further Amendment Act 1991

#### 1A Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Further Amendment Act 1991 1A [Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Further Amendment Act 1991](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1991-85) > > (1) If— > > > > > (a) at the commencement of this clause, a nomination had been made under section 37, and > > > > > (b) at that commencement, a declaration had not been made under section 38 as a result of the making of the nomination, > > > > sections 37, 38 or 39, as in force immediately before the commencement of this clause, continue to have effect in relation to that nomination and the block or blocks that would be affected by a declaration as if the amending Act had not been enacted. > > > (2) A declaration made under section 38 as continued in force by subclause (1) has effect, and this Act, as amended by the amending Act, applies to the declaration, as if the declaration had been made under that section as amended by the amending Act. > > > (3) A declaration in force under section 38 immediately before the commencement of this clause has effect after that commencement as if it were a declaration under section 38, as amended by the amending Act. > > > (4) If— > > > > > (a) the permittee under a permit granted before the commencement of this clause applies under section 41, as amended by the amending Act, for a licence, and > > > > > (b) the location that includes the block or blocks to which the application relates was declared under section 38, as amended by the amending Act, and > > > > > (c) the location consists of not more than 8 blocks, and > > > > > (d) the Minister notifies the applicant in writing that, in the Minister’s 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 the amending 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 41 (1), as amended by the amending Act, applies as if the firstmentioned location were constituted by the number of blocks specified in the notification referred to in paragraph (d). > > > (5) If, when the first regulations made for the purposes of section 81 (4) (b), as amended by the amending Act, take effect, an application for approval of a dealing has been made but the Minister has neither approved nor refused to approve the dealing— > > > > > (a) the Minister must give to the applicant written notice that the applicant is entitled to lodge an instrument for the purpose of section 81 (4) (b) in relation to the application, and > > > > > (b) the applicant may lodge an instrument for the purpose of section 81 (4) (b), and > > > > > (c) the application must not be dealt with by the Minister until after the end of 30 days after the day on which notice is given for the purpose of paragraph (a), and > > > > > (d) if the applicant lodges an instrument under paragraph (b)—the applicant must lodge with the instrument 2 copies of the instrument. > > > (6) An instrument lodged under subclause (5) must be taken, for the purposes of section 81 (13), as amended by the amending Act, to have accompanied the application when the application was lodged. > > > (7) This clause is taken to have commenced on 14 January 1992 (28 days after the date of assent to the amending Act). > > > (8) Subclauses (1)–(6) re-enact (with minor modifications) Schedule 3 to the amending Act. Subclauses (1)–(6) are transferred provisions to which section 30A of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) applies. > > > (9) In this clause— > > > > amending Act means the [Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Further Amendment Act 1991](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1991-85).