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Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967
64Application for pipeline licence
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#### 64 Application for pipeline licence
General requirements for all applications for pipeline licences
(1) An application for a pipeline licence, whether or not that licence is for the conveyance of petroleum recovered from an area within an adjacent area:
(b) shall be made in an approved manner;
(c) shall be accompanied by particulars of:
(i) the proposed design and construction of the pipeline;
(ii) the proposed size and capacity of the pipeline;
(iii) the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure in respect of the construction of the pipeline;
(iv) the technical qualifications of the applicant and of his employees;
(v) the technical advice available to the applicant;
(vi) the financial resources available to the applicant; and
(vii) 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 pipeline;
(d) shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn to an approved scale, showing:
(i) the route to be followed by the pipeline;
(ii) the sites of pumping stations, tank stations and valve stations to be used in connexion with the pipeline; and
(iii) the site of any pumping station, tank station or valve station that the applicant desires to be declared under section 63 to be a terminal station in connexion with the pipeline;
(e) may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes to be considered; and
(f) shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Rights of production licensees following application for certain pipeline licences by other persons
(2) Where a notice is published in the Gazette of an application by a person other than the registered holder of the production licence for that area (the licensee) for a pipeline licence in respect of the construction of a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a licence area, the licensee may, within a period of 3 months after the date of publication of the notice, or within such further period, not exceeding 3 months, as the Designated Authority, on application in writing served on him before the expiration of the first‑mentioned period of 3 months, allows, make an application for such a pipeline licence and, in the application, request that the application referred to in the notice be rejected.
Joint Authority must refuse application under subsection (2) if a successful application is made by production licensee
(3) Where:
(a) a notice is published in the Gazette of an application by a person other than the registered holder of the production licence for a licence area for a pipeline licence in respect of the construction of the pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in that area; and
(b) such a pipeline licence is granted to the licensee on an application under subsection (2);
the Joint Authority shall, by instrument in writing served on the applicant reject the application referred to in the notice.
Designated Authority may seek further information in relation to any pipeline licence application
(4) The Designated Authority may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on a person who has made an application under subsection (1), require him to furnish, within the time specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connexion with his application.