PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 376 Deciding amendment application

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 376

376 Deciding amendment application

(1) Before deciding to grant the application, the Minister must decide whether to approve the applicant’s proposed later development plan for the petroleum lease.

(2) The application can not be granted unless the proposed plan has been approved.

(3) Chapter 2 , part 2 , division 4 applies for deciding whether to approve the proposed plan.

Note—

See also part 6 , division 2 (Later development plans).

(4) The matters that must be considered in deciding the application include each of the following—

(a) the CSG assessment criteria;

(b) whether the applicant has taken all reasonable steps to comply with the relinquishment condition;

(c) the effect of any approval of later development plans for the petroleum lease;

(d) any submissions under section 374 lodged within the period mentioned in section 374 (2) .

(5) After the application has been decided, the applicant and the coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder must be given notice of the decision.