PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 36 Notice to be given of application for assessment lease

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 36

36 Notice to be given of application for assessment lease

(1) An applicant, or a person intending to apply, for an assessment lease must either before, or within 21 days after, lodging the application, cause to be published both in a newspaper circulating in the vicinity of the area over which the lease is sought and in a newspaper circulating generally in the State a notice--

(a) stating that an application for an assessment lease has been, or will be lodged (as the case requires), and

(b) containing particulars sufficient to lead to the ready identification of the area of land over which the lease is sought, and consisting of a plan and a description of that area and a statement indicating the approximate direction and approximate distance of the town nearest to that area.

(2) Within 21 days after receipt from an applicant, or a person intending to apply, for an assessment lease of a written request--

(a) that is expressed to be made for the purposes of this section, and

(b) that is accompanied by particulars of the kind referred to in subsection (1) (b) in relation to the proposed lease,

the council for a local government area that includes the area over which the lease is sought may furnish the holder of the lease with the names and addresses of landholders whose lands lie wholly or partly within that area.

(3) An assessment lease is not to be granted unless the Minister is satisfied that notice has been published as required by subsection (1) and that--

(a) a copy of that notice, accompanied by the particulars mentioned in subsection (4), has been served on all landholders whose names and addresses have been furnished, in connection with the proposed lease, under subsection (2), or

(b) 21 days have elapsed since a request under subsection (2) was made and the council concerned has not complied with the request.

(4) The particulars referred to in subsection (3) (a) are the following--

(a) the duration of the term of the proposed lease, and

(b) contact details of the applicant or intended applicant, and

(c) any other particulars prescribed by the regulations.