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Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991
45DProvisions relating to applications for low-impact prospecting titles
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#### 45D Provisions relating to applications for low-impact prospecting titles
45D Provisions relating to applications for low-impact prospecting titles
> > (1) A low-impact prospecting title may not be granted unless notice of the application for the title has been served on all—
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> > > (a) registered native title bodies corporate, and
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> > > (b) registered native title claimants, and
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> > > (c) representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies,
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> > in relation to any of the land that will be affected by the proposed prospecting operations to be authorised by the prospecting title.
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> > (2) The notice must contain a map or other description of the land over which the prospecting title is sought and a description of the kind of prospecting operations that may be authorised by the prospecting title.
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> > (3) An applicant may request the Minister to grant a low-impact prospecting title either at the time the application for a prospecting title is made or at any later time before the grant of the prospecting title.
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> > (4) The regulations may make other provision for or with respect to the making and grant of applications for low-impact prospecting titles.
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> **ss 45A–45E:** Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 6 \[1\].