PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 358 Provisions for authority to prospect

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 358

358 Provisions for authority to prospect

(1) The Mineral Resources Act does not limit or otherwise affect the power under this Act to grant an authority to prospect over land (the
"overlapping land" ) in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement.

(2) However, an authorised activity for the authority to prospect can not be carried out on the overlapping land if—

(a) carrying it out adversely affects the carrying out of an authorised activity for the coal or oil shale exploration tenement; and

(b) the authorised activity for the coal or oil shale exploration tenement has already started.