8Application for licence

##### 8. Application for licence (1) An application for a licence — [(a) deleted] (b) shall be made in the approved manner; and (c) shall be accompanied by particulars of — (i) the design and construction of the proposed pipeline; (ii) the provisions for cathodic protection of the proposed pipeline; (iii) the size and capacity of the proposed pipeline; (iv) the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure in respect of the construction of the proposed pipeline; (v) the technical qualifications of the applicant and of his employees; (vi) the technical advice available to the applicant; (vii) the financial resources available to the applicant; and (d) shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn to an approved scale — (i) showing the route of the proposed pipeline; and (ii) showing the situation of any proposed pumping and compression stations, terminal facilities and other permanent appurtenances of a substantial nature intended to be used in connection with the operation of the proposed pipeline; and (iii) showing the lands, if any proposed to be used for the purposes of gaining access to the proposed pipeline; and (iv) on which shall be identified the lands or easements over lands referred to in paragraph (f); and (e) shall be accompanied by particulars of any agreements entered into or proposed to be entered into, by the applicant for the acquisition by him of, or of easements over, the lands shown in the plan, referred to in paragraph (d); and (f) shall specify, in relation to each part of the proposed pipeline, particulars of the lands, or the easements over lands, acquired or agreed to be acquired, or in respect of which the applicant will need to acquire for the purpose of constructing and operating the proposed pipeline or gaining access thereto; and (g) shall be accompanied by any agreements entered into, or proposed to be entered into, by the applicant for or in relation to the supply or conveyance of petroleum by means of the proposed pipeline; and (h) shall be accompanied by copies of the notifications caused to be served in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3); and (i) may set out any other matter that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider; and (j) shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee. (2) The Minister may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on the applicant, require him to furnish to the Minister, within the time specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connection with his application. (3) At the time of making the application the applicant — (a) shall notify the local government of each district in which any part of the proposed pipeline is intended to be situated, that an application has been made; and (b) shall notify each owner and each occupier, if any, of any land over which any part of the pipeline referred to in the application is to be constructed, that an application has been made. (4) The Minister, at the expense of the applicant, shall, as soon as practicable, publish — (a) in the *Government Gazette*; and (b) in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the State; and (c) in such other newspapers as the Minister considers necessary which circulate in the districts in which the proposed pipeline is intended to be situated, a notice that he has received the application and that a map showing the proposed route of the pipeline may be examined at the place or places and at the times specified in the notice. (5) The Minister may direct the applicant to inform such other persons as the Minister considers necessary that the application has been made. (6) An application and each of the documents accompanying it shall be submitted in quadruplicate. [Section 8 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 125; No. 28 of 1994 s. 77; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 42 of 2010 s. 174.]