PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 69C Prospecting to be carried out in accordance with access arrangement

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 69C

69C Prospecting to be carried out in accordance with access arrangement

(1) The holder of a prospecting title must not carry out prospecting operations on any land except in accordance with an access arrangement or arrangements applying to the land--

(a) agreed (in writing) between the holder of the prospecting title and each landholder of the land, or

(b) determined by an arbitrator in accordance with this Part.

(2) Separate access arrangements may (but need not) be agreed or determined with different landholders of the same area of land, for different areas of the same landholding or with respect to the different matters to which access arrangements relate.

(3) Separate access arrangements may be made to preserve the confidentiality of provisions of the arrangements, to deal with persons becoming landholders at different times or for any other reason.