Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991
24Existing petroleum titles
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24 Existing petroleum titles
24 Existing petroleum titles
(1) A petroleum title purporting to have been granted under this Act before the commencement of the amending Act that would have been a valid petroleum title if granted after that commencement is taken to be (and always to have been) a valid petroleum title under this Act.
(2) Any action purportedly taken before the commencement of the amending Act in relation to a proposed petroleum title under this Act that would have been validly taken after that commencement is taken to have been (and always to have been) validly taken under this Act.
(3) This clause does not affect any order of a court made before the commencement of the amending Act.