Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981
Div 2Administration of Principal Northern Territory PSL Area
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Division 2 Administration of Principal Northern Territory PSL Area Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 14 (10) Where: (a) a petroleum pool is partly in a licence area and partly in another area, whether in the adjacent area or not, in respect of which another person has authority, whether under this Act, the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law, to explore for or recover petroleum; (b) a unit development agreement in accordance with section 59 is in force between the licensee and that other person; and (c) petroleum is recovered from that pool through a well or wells in the licence area, the other area or both, there shall be deemed to have been recovered in the licence area such proportion of all petroleum so recovered as is specified in, or determined in accordance with, the agreement. (11) In this section, a reference to a licence, a licensee or a licence area shall be read as including a reference to a permit and a lease, a permittee and a lessee or a permit area and a lease area. Division 2 Administration of Principal Northern Territory PSL Area