PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 170
Minister may add excluded land
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 170
Minister may add excluded land
170 Minister may add excluded land
(1) The Minister may amend a petroleum
lease by adding excluded land for the lease to its area only if— (a) the
lease as amended complies with section 168 ; and
(b) the lease holder
consents.
(2) If land mentioned in subsection (1) is added to the area of the
lease, the land ceases to be excluded land for the lease.
(3) The Minister
may amend the provisions of the lease in a way that reflects the inclusion of
the excluded land.
(4) Also, the Minister may give the lease holder a
notice— (a) withdrawing, from a stated day, the approval of the
development plan for the lease; and
(b) directing the holder to lodge a
proposed later development plan for the lease that— (i) complies with the
later development plan requirements; and
(ii) changes the development plan
for the lease to reflect the inclusion of the excluded land.
(5) The amended
provisions of the lease or the proposed later development plan must not be—
(a) inconsistent with the mandatory conditions for petroleum leases; or
(b)
the same as, or substantially the same as, or inconsistent with, any relevant
environmental condition for the lease.
