PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 314 Submissions by coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 314

314 Submissions by coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder

(1) The coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder may lodge submissions about the ATP-related application.

(2) However, the submissions may be lodged only within 3 months after the holder is, under section 310 (1) (a) , given a copy of the application (the
"submission period" ).

(3) The submissions may—

(a) state that the holder does not object to the granting of the proposed petroleum lease; and

(b) state that the holder does not wish any preference for the future development of coal or oil shale from the land (
"coal or oil shale development preference" ); and

(c) include information about all or any of the following—

(i) exploration carried out under the tenement;

(ii) the results of the exploration;

(iii) the prospects for future coal or oil shale mining or incidental coal seam gas mining from the land; and

(d) include a proposal by the tenement holder for the development of coal or oil shale in the land; and

(e) include information relevant to the CSG assessment criteria; and

(f) include reasonable provisions for the safety management system for petroleum production under the petroleum lease.

(4) The holder must give the applicant a copy of the submissions.

(5) In deciding the ATP-related application, regard must be had to the submissions.