PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 35 Call for tenders

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 35

35 Call for tenders

(1) The Minister may publish a gazette notice (a
"call for tenders" ) inviting tenders for an authority to prospect.

(2) The call must state—

(a) the proposed area of the authority; and

(b) the proposed term of the authority; and

(c) that, under section 99 , particular land may be excluded land for the authority; and

(d) that the tenders must be accompanied by a proposed initial work program for the period mentioned in paragraph (h) (ii) ; and

(e) whether the proposed initial work program under paragraph (d) must be a proposed work program (activities-based) or a proposed work program (outcomes-based); and

(f) the day and time by which tenders in response to it must be made (the
"closing time" for the call); and

(g) that the tenders must be lodged before the closing time for the call; and

(h) that details about each of the following are available at a stated place—

(i) any proposed conditions of the authority, other than mandatory conditions, that are likely to impact significantly on exploration in the proposed area;

(ii) the required program period for the initial work program for the authority;

(iii) any criteria (
"special criteria" ), other than the work program criteria and capability criteria, proposed to be used to decide whether to grant the authority, or to decide its provisions;

(iv) whether a process for appointing a preferred tenderer involving a cash bid component is to be used for deciding the call;

(v) if any part of the proposed area of the authority is to be subject to an Australian market supply condition—the part of the proposed area and the condition.

(3) The call may state other relevant matters, including, for example, matters relevant to the special criteria, work program criteria and capability criteria.

(4) The area of the authority must comply with section 98 .

(5) Subsection (2) (h) (i) does not limit the Minister’s power to decide conditions of the authority if it is granted.