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, > > > > the licensee or, as the case may be, the pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law may, within a period of 3 months after the date of publication of the notice, or within such further period, not exceeding 3 months, as the Minister, on application in writing served on the Minister before the expiration of the firstmentioned period of 3 months, allows, make an application for a pipeline licence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case requires, and in the application request that the application referred to in the notice be rejected. > > > (3) Where— > > > > > (a) a notice referred to in subsection (2) is published in the Gazette, and > > > > > (b) a pipeline licence is granted to the licensee or to the pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law on an application under subsection (2), > > > > the Minister shall, by instrument in writing served on the applicant, reject the application referred to in the notice. > > > (4) The Minister may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on a person who has made an application under this section, require the person to furnish, within the time specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connexion with the application. > > > (5) In this section, pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law has the same meaning as in section 66. > > **s 65:** Am 1991 No 6, Sch 1 (18).