PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 96 Ministerial direction to apply for petroleum lease

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 96

96 Ministerial direction to apply for petroleum lease

(1) The Minister may give the authority holder a notice stating each of the following—

(a) that the Minister proposes to do either of the following, (the
"proposed action" ) unless the holder has made an appropriate lease application—

(i) excise a stated area from the area of the authority;

(ii) cancel the authority;

(b) the grounds for the proposed action;

(c) the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;

(d) that the holder may, within a stated period, lodge submissions about why the holder should not make a petroleum lease application for the stated area.

(2) The stated period must be reasonable, but must not be more than 6 months.

(3) In this section—


"appropriate lease application" means a petroleum lease application for—

(a) the stated area or an area that is substantially the same as the stated area; or

(b) another area the Minister reasonably considers will effectively allow the holder to carry out authorised activities for a petroleum lease in relation to the stated area.