PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 69A Application of Part

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 69A

69A Application of Part

(1) This Part applies to the carrying out of prospecting operations under exploration licences, assessment leases and special prospecting authorities (referred to in this Part as
"prospecting titles" ).

(2) However, this Part does not apply so as to require an access arrangement in respect of a landholder who is a native title holder within the meaning of the Commonwealth Native Title Act if the prospecting title concerned was granted after compliance with Subdivision P of Division 3 of Part 2 of that Act and the grant of the title was not an act that attracted the expedited procedure under and within the meaning of that Act. In addition, this Division does not apply if the prospecting title concerned was granted or renewed after compliance with a registered indigenous land use agreement under that Act and the agreement provides that an access arrangement is not required under this Division in respect of such a landholder.

(3) This Part applies, in the case of a prospecting title that is a low-impact exploration licence or a low-impact special prospecting authority, as though a reference in this Part to a landholder included a reference to--

(a) any registered native title body corporate, and

(b) any registered native title claimant,

in relation to the land over which the licence is granted.

Note : Section 45F makes special provision with respect to access arrangements for low-impact prospecting titles.