PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 466 Change in ownership during consultation period

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 466

466 Change in ownership during consultation period

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an owner of the land (the
"former owner" ) has been given a consultation notice; and

(b) after the notice was given, the ownership of the land changes.

(2) The applicant is taken to have given the notice to the new owner of the land when the former owner was given the notice.

(3) If the applicant becomes aware of the change, the applicant must give the new owner a copy of the notice.

(4) A failure to comply with subsection (3) does not prevent the application from being decided.