New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 21

21 Grounds on which application may be refused

An application for a petroleum title may be refused if:

(a) the application is not made in accordance with this Part and any other relevant provisions of this Act or the regulations, or

(b) the grant of the title concerned would contravene this Act, or

(c) the proposed work program does not meet the Minister’s minimum standards in relation to the nature and extent of activities that should be carried on by the holder of the title under the authority of the title, or

(d) the applicant does not meet the Minister’s minimum standards in relation to technical and financial capability to carry out the proposed work program, or

(e) having regard to the nature and extent of the activities proposed to be carried on by the applicant under the authority of the title, the Minister decides that, in the public interest, it would be better not to grant the title or to grant to someone else the same or another kind of title over the land concerned.