65Application for pipeline licence

65 Application for pipeline licence

65 Application for pipeline licence

(1) An application for a pipeline licence—

(a) shall be in accordance with an approved form,

(b) shall be made in an approved manner,

(c) shall be accompanied by particulars of—

(i) the proposed design and construction of the pipeline,

(ii) the proposed size and capacity of the pipeline,

(iii) the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure in respect of the construction of the pipeline,

(iv) the technical qualifications of the applicant and of the applicant’s employees,

(v) the technical advice available to the applicant,

(vi) the financial resources available to the applicant, and

(vii) any agreements entered into, or proposed to be entered into, by the applicant for or in relation to the supply or conveyance of petroleum by means of the pipeline,

(d) shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn to an approved scale, showing—

(i) the route to be followed by the pipeline,

(ii) the sites of pumping stations, tank stations and valve stations to be used in connexion with the pipeline, and

(iii) the site of any pumping station, tank station or valve station that the applicant desires to be declared under section 64 to be a terminal station in connexion with the pipeline,

(e) may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider, and

(f) shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(2) Where a notice is published in the Gazette—

(a) of an application by a person other than the licensee for a pipeline licence in respect of the construction of a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a licence area, or

(b) of an application by a person other than the pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law for a pipeline licence in respect of the construction of a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a licence area under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law,