PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 956 Particular applications taken to be properly made

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 956

956 Particular applications taken to be properly made

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an ATP-related application or petroleum lease application for land was made on or after 17 March 2008; and

(b) under section 307, 308, 335, 336, 346 or 354 as in force before the commencement of this section (each the
"unamended provision" ), separate ATP-related applications or petroleum lease applications were required to be made for particular parts of the land; and

(c) separate mining lease applications were not made as required by the unamended provision.

(2) Despite the noncompliance with the requirement, the application is taken to be, and is taken to always have been, an ATP-related application or petroleum lease application for the land made under chapters 2 and 3.

(3) However, subsection (2) applies only to the extent the application does not comply with the unamended provision.

(4) This section applies whether or not the application has been decided at the commencement.