PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 27
Petroleum reservation in land grants
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 27
Petroleum reservation in land grants
(1) This section applies to each grant under another Act, other than the 1923
Act , of a right— (a) relating to land that, immediately before the grant,
was unallocated State land as defined under the Land Act 1994 ; and
(b) that
is, or was, issued on or after the commencement of the 1923 Act . Note— The
1923 Act commenced on 12 November 1923.
(2) The grant is taken to contain a
reservation to the State of— (a) all petroleum on or below the surface of
the land; and
(b) the exclusive right to do the following in relation to the
land— (i) to enter and carry out any petroleum-related activity;
(ii) to
authorise, under the provisions of this Act or another Act, others to carry
out any petroleum-related activity;
(iii) to regulate, under the provisions
of this Act or another Act, petroleum-related activities carried out by
others.
(3) In this section—
"grant" , of a right, includes an authority, lease, licence, permit or other
instrument of tenure, however called.
"petroleum-related activity" means any activity that may be carried out under
this Act by the holder of any petroleum authority.
