PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 305 Additional requirements for making application

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 305

305 Additional requirements for making application

(1) The ATP-related application must include the following—

(a) a statement (a
"CSG statement" ) that complies with section 306 ;

(b) other information that addresses the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (the
"CSG assessment criteria" ), other than the matter mentioned in subsection (2) (e) (iii) .

(2) The CSG assessment criteria are—

(a) the requirements of chapter 9 ; and

(b) the initial development plan requirements; and

(c) the additional requirements under part 6 for proposed initial development plans; and

(d) the legitimate business interests of the applicant and the coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder (the
"parties" ); and

Examples of a party’s legitimate business interests—

• contractual obligations

• the effect on, and use of, existing infrastructure or mining or production facilities

• exploration expenditure on relevant overlapping tenures

(e) the effect of the proposed petroleum lease on the future development of coal or oil shale resources from the land, including, for example, each of the following—

(i) the proposed timing and rate of petroleum production and the development of coal or oil shale resources from the land;

(ii) the potential for the parties to make a coordination arrangement about—

(A) petroleum production under the proposed petroleum lease; and

(B) coal or oil shale mining and any incidental coal seam gas mining under any future mining lease over the land;

(iii) the attempts required of the applicant under section 310 (1) (b) and any changes of the type mentioned in section 310 (1) (c) ;

(iv) the economic and technical viability of the concurrent or coordinated petroleum production and the development of any coal or oil shale resources in the land;

(v) the extent, nature and value of petroleum production and the development of any coal or oil shale resources in the land; and

(f) the public interest in petroleum production from, and the development of any coal or oil shale resources in, the land, having regard to the public interest.

(3) The proposed development plan included in the application must also comply with part 6 .