PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 18
Reservation of blocks
PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 18
Reservation of blocks
18 Reservation of blocks
(1) The Minister may, by instrument published in the gazette, declare that a
block specified in the instrument (not being a block in respect of which a
permit or licence is in force or over or in which there is a pipeline) shall
not be the subject of a permit, licence, special prospecting authority or
access authority and that a pipeline licence shall not be granted in respect
of a pipeline over or in that block.
(2) While a declaration under subsection
(1) remains in force in respect of a block, a permit, licence,
special prospecting authority or access authority shall not be granted in
respect of that block and a pipeline licence shall not be granted in respect
of a pipeline over or in that block.
