New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 28

28 Directions by Director-General on discovery of petroleum

(1) If petroleum is discovered in land comprised in a petroleum title, the Director-General may, from time to time, by instrument in writing served on the holder of the title, direct the holder to furnish to the Director-General, within the period specified in the instrument, particulars in writing of any one or more of the following:

(a) the chemical composition and the physical properties of the petroleum, and

(b) the nature of the stratum in which the petroleum occurs, and

(c) any other matters relating to the discovery that are specified by the Director-General in the instrument.

(2) The Director-General may, by instrument in writing served on the holder of the title, direct the holder to do, within the period specified in the instrument, such things as the Director-General thinks necessary and specifies in the instrument to determine the chemical composition and physical properties of the petroleum and to determine the quantity of petroleum in the petroleum deposit to which the discovery relates or, if part only of that petroleum deposit is within the land comprised in the title, in the part of the petroleum deposit that is within that land.