Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MINERALS (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1981 No. 81, 1981 - SECT 39

Division 4 - Works Authorities
39. (1) The registered holder of a permit (in this sub-section referred to
as the "relevant permit") or the registered holder of a licence (in this
sub-section referred to as the "relevant licence") may make an application to
the Designated Authority for the grant, by the Joint Authority, of a works
authority authorizing the execution of works, and the carrying on of
operations, in a part of the adjacent area that is not part of the permit area
or licence area, as the case may be, being works and operations directly
connected with operations carried on or proposed to be carried on under the
relevant permit or the relevant licence, as the case may be.

(2) An application under this section -

   (a)  shall be in accordance with an approved form;

   (b)  shall be made in an approved manner;

   (c)  shall set out particulars of the works proposed to be executed, and
        the operations proposed to be carried on, by the applicant;

   (d)  shall be accompanied by a map showing the proposed location of those
        works and operations;

   (e)  may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes to be
        considered; and

   (f)  shall be accompanied by a fee of $3,000.

(3) Where a works authority is not granted on an application under this
section, an amount equal to nine-tenths of the fee paid in accordance with
sub-section (2) shall be refunded to the applicant.