PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 844
Amending applications
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 844
Amending applications
844 Amending applications
(1) If a person has made an application under this
Act, the person may amend the application or a document accompanying the
application only if—
(a) the application has not been decided; and
(b) the
relevant person has agreed to the making of the amendment; and
(c) if the
proposed amendment is to change the applicant—each applicant, and proposed
applicant, has agreed to the change; and
(d) the person has paid any fee
prescribed by regulation for the amendment.
(2) However, if the application
is a tender for a petroleum tenure—
(a) a proposed work program or
development plan included in the tender can not be amended after the applicant
has become the preferred tenderer for the tender; and
(b) the tender can not
be otherwise amended after the closing time for the relevant call for tenders.
(3) However—
(a) subsection (2) (a) does not apply if the tenderer is
required to amend a development plan under the Common Provisions Act , section
132 or 145 ; and
(b) subsection (2) (b) does not apply if—
(i) the tenderer
is a corporation; and
(ii) the change is only a change of name of the
tenderer; and
(iii) the tenderer’s Australian company number and Australian
registered business name have not changed.
(4) If, under subsection (1) , the
application is amended to change the applicant, for the purpose of deciding
the application, the applicant as changed is taken to have been the applicant
from the making of the application.
(5) In this section—
"relevant person" , for an application under this Act, means—
(a) the chief
inspector, if the application is made under—
