Petroleum (Offshore) Regulation 2016
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Schedule 1 Fees
Schedule 1 Fees
(Clause 4)
| Matter for which fee payable | Fee | | Application fees | | Exploration permit (section 22 (1) (f)) | $3,000 | | Exploration permit for surrendered, cancelled or determined block or blocks (section 25 (1) (a)) | $3,000 | | Exploration permit renewal (section 31 (2) (c)) | $1,200 | | Retention lease (section 39A (2) (e)) | $1,200 | | Retention lease renewal (section 39F (2) (d)) | $1,200 | | Production licence (section 42 (1) (e)) | $1,200 | | Production licence for surrendered, cancelled or determined block or blocks (section 49 (1) (a)) | $3,000 | | Production licence for individual blocks (section 52 (2) (e)) | $600 | | Production licence renewal (section 55 (2) (d)) | $1,200 | | Pipeline licence (section 65 (1) (f)) | $3,000 | | Pipeline licence renewal (section 69 (2) (c)) | $1,200 | | Pipeline licence variation (section 72 (2) (e)) | $600 | | Special prospecting authority (section 112 (2) (d)) | $600 | | Transfer fees | | Transfer fees generally (section 92 (2), (3) and (6)) | $600 | | Transfer fees for related corporations (section 92 (4) and (6A)) | $3,000 | | Annual fees | | Exploration permit (section 137) | $1,000, or $50 for each block to which the permit relates as at the beginning of the year concerned, whichever is the greater | | Retention lease (section 137A) | $6,000 for each block to which the lease relates as at the beginning of the year concerned | | Production licence (section 138) | $18,000 for each block to which the licence relates as at the beginning of the year concerned | | Pipeline licence (section 139) | $80 for each kilometre, or part of a kilometre, of the length of the pipeline as at the beginning of the year concerned | | Fees for the release of information | | Information contained in a document that is lent to the person making the request (section 119 (1A), (2), (5) and (5A)) | $25 for each day, or part of a day, during which the document is on loan | | Information contained in a document that is not readily available and for which a search has to be made (section 119 (1A), (2), (5) and (5A)) | $25 for each hour, or part of an hour after the first half hour, taken to locate the information | | Information that is, on the application of the person making the request, copied or reproduced or consigned to that person (section 119 (1A), (2), (5) and (5A)) | An amount equal to the costs incurred in the copying, reproduction or consignment, including the costs of packaging | | Fees for the inspection of cores, cuttings or samples | | Core, cutting or sample lent to the person making the request (section 119 (3) and (5)) | $25 for each day, or part of a day, during which the core, cutting or sample is on loan | | Core, cutting or sample that is not readily available and for which a search has to be made (section 119 (3) and (5)) | $25 for each hour, or part of an hour after the first half hour, taken to locate the core, cutting or sample | | Core, cutting or sample that is, on the application of the person making the request, consigned to that person (section 119 (3) and (5)) | An amount equal to the costs incurred in the consignment, including the costs of packaging | | Miscellaneous fees | | Register entry (section 79 (2) and (3) (b)) | $60 | | Inspection of Register and documents (section 86 (1)) | $12 per inspection | | Provision of copies of, or extracts from, Register or of or from certain other documents (section 87 (2)) | $2 per page | | Provision of evidentiary certificates (section 87 (3)) | $30 per certificate |