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Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991
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#### 44 Area of production lease
44 Area of production lease
> > (1) The area comprised in a production lease must be not more than 4 blocks.
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> > (2) The land over which a production lease is granted may differ in size or shape from, but may not include land other than, the land over which the production lease was sought.
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> > (3) Subsection (2)—
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> > > (a) extends to the grant of a single production lease for 2 or more applications made by the same applicant, and
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> > > (b) as extended, applies as if the land over which the production lease was sought was the land over which the 2 or more production leases were sought.
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> **s 44:** Am 2022 No 21, Sch 2\[25\].