PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 374 Submissions by coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 374

374 Submissions by coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder

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

(2) However, the submissions may be lodged only within 20 business days after the holder is, under section 373 , given a copy of the application.

(3) The submissions may include—

(a) 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; or

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

(c) information relevant to the CSG assessment criteria.

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

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