PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 331 Application of div 2

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 331

331 Application of div 2

(1) This division applies if—

(a) land is in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement; and

(b) a person who, under section 117 , may make an ATP-related application for all or part of the land wishes to make that application; and

(c) the tenement holder has consented to the making of the application.

(2) This division also applies if—

(a) land is in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement; and

(b) a person as follows wishes to apply for a petroleum lease for all or part of the land—

(i) the coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder;

(ii) a person who wishes to make the application jointly with the holder; and

(c) a person mentioned in paragraph (b) has made a coal mining lease application or oil shale mining lease application for the land and the application is not for a specific purpose mining lease; and

(d) the purpose of the proposed petroleum lease application is to allow the use of incidental coal seam gas for a purpose other than a use or activity under the Mineral Resources Act , section 318CN (2) (a) or (b) , or 318CNA(2)(a) or (b).

Note—

See the Mineral Resources Act , section 318CN (Use that may be made under mining lease of incidental coal seam gas).

(3) However, this division does not apply if land is in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement that is a mineral (f) pilot tenure.