50AExisting “activity approval” conditions in assessment leases

#### 50A Existing “activity approval” conditions in assessment leases 50A Existing “activity approval” conditions in assessment leases > > (1) If an assessment lease was, immediately before 1 March 2016, subject to a condition that requires approval of a petroleum operations plan to carry out an activity, each of the following is taken to be an activity approval under section 36A and can be varied accordingly— > > > > > (a) any approval granted pursuant to such a condition, including any variation of that approval, that was in force immediately before 1 March 2016 (an existing POP approval), > > > > > (b) the petroleum operations plan that was approved by the existing POP approval, including any variation of that plan that was in force immediately before 1 March 2016, > > > > > (c) any approval required under, or referred to in, the petroleum operations plan for an activity or operation that is an assessable prospecting operation, being an approval that was in force immediately before 1 March 2016 and was not granted under the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203) or the [Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-156) (an existing associated approval). > > > (2) The activity approval is taken to include the following terms, which can be varied accordingly— > > > > > (a) each condition to which the existing POP approval was subject (including any approved variation that was in force immediately before 1 March 2016), > > > > > (b) each provision of the relevant petroleum operations plan (including any approved variation that was in force immediately before 1 March 2016), > > > > > (c) each condition of any existing associated approval. > > > (3) An application for approval of a petroleum operations plan made in compliance with a condition of an assessment lease that requires such approval to carry out an activity, or an application for an approval required under such a petroleum operations plan, being an application that had not been dealt with before 1 March 2016, is to be dealt with in accordance with section 36A as if the application had been made under that section.