PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 70
Exempted areas
PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 70
Exempted areas
70 Exempted areas
(1) The holder of a petroleum title may not, except with
the consent of the Minister, exercise any of the rights conferred by the title
on land in an exempted area.
(2) The Minister's consent may be given
unconditionally or subject to conditions.
(3) The Minister may not grant
consent under this section in respect of lands within a state recreation area
under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 without the concurrence in
writing of the Minister for the time being administering that Act.
(4) In
this section--
"exempted area" means an area constituted by land--
(a) reserved, dedicated,
appropriated, resumed or acquired for public purposes (except land reserved
for a temporary common or a commonage), whether vested in the Crown or in any
person as trustee for public purposes, or
(b) held under a lease for water
supply by virtue of a special lease or otherwise, or
(c) transferred, granted
or vested in trust by the Crown for the purpose of a race-course,
cricket-ground, recreation reserve, park or permanent common or for any public
purpose, or
(d) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
definition.
