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PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 851AB Period of effect of particular later work programs

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 851AB

Period of effect of particular later work programs

851AB Period of effect of particular later work programs

(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement of this section, the holder of an authority to prospect was given, under section 58 , a notice (the
"notice" ) of the approval of a proposed later work program for the authority; and
(b) the notice was given to the holder of the authority after the start of the period of the proposed program as stated in the proposed program.
(2) For an Act, the approval has effect, and is taken to have had effect, from—
(a) the start of the period; or
(b) if the notice stated a later day of effect—the later day.
(3) The notice is, and is taken always to have been, valid and effective—
(a) even though the notice was given after the commencement of the period stated for the proposed program; and
(b) whether or not the notice purported, expressly or impliedly, to approve the carrying out of work under the program before the approval was given; and
(c) regardless of the extent to which section 57 (2) (b) and (c) was complied with.
Example for paragraph (c)—
It does not matter if a work program was considered under section 57 (2) (b) but was not current at the time of its consideration.
(4) This section applies despite chapter 2 , part 1 , division 3 .