23Partial relinquishment reports: section 97C

23 Partial relinquishment reports: section 97C

23 Partial relinquishment reports: section 97C

(Former clause 16D of 2007 Reg)

(1) For the purposes of section 97C (2) (a) of the Act, the holder of a petroleum title must prepare and lodge with the Secretary a partial relinquishment report that complies with this clause when the holder’s title has been—

(a) partially cancelled, or

(b) renewed over an area of land that is less than the area over which the petroleum title applied prior to its renewal.

(2) A partial relinquishment report must be lodged with the Secretary within 1 calendar month after the Secretary gives notice of the cancellation or renewal as referred to in subclause (1).

(3) A partial relinquishment report is only required in relation to the area of land that formed part of the authority before the cancellation or renewal of the kind referred to in subclause (1).

(4) A partial relinquishment report must contain the following—

(a) a summary of all surveys and other operations carried out by or on behalf of the holder of the petroleum title during the period within which the land that has been relinquished was subject to the petroleum title,

(b) detailed data of all surveys and other operations,

(c) the results and conclusions of such surveys and any other operations.