PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 35
PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 35
35—Nomination of blocks as location
(1) Where a petroleum
pool is identified in a permit area, the permittee may nominate the block in
which the pool is situated, or the blocks (being blocks within the
permit area) to which the pool extends, for declaration as a location.
(2) Where two or more
petroleum pools are identified in a permit area, the permittee may, instead of
making a nomination under subsection (1) in relation to each pool,
nominate all of the blocks to which the pools extend, or to which any two or
more of the pools extend, for declaration as a single location.
(3) A nomination may
not be made under subsection (2) unless, in the case of each of the pools
to which the nomination relates, at least one of the blocks to which the pool
extends immediately adjoins a block to which the other, or another, of those
pools extends.
(4) A nomination by a
permittee must be in writing and served on the Minister.
(5) A nomination may
not be made by a permittee unless the permittee or another person has, whether
within or outside the permit area, recovered petroleum from the petroleum pool
to which the nomination relates or, if the nomination relates to more than one
pool, from each of those pools.
(a) the
Minister is of the opinion that a permittee is entitled to nominate a block or
blocks under subsection (1) or (2); and
(b) the
permittee has not done so,
the Minister may require the permittee to exercise the permittee's right to
nominate the block or blocks within three months after the date of the making
of the requirement.
(7) A requirement by
the Minister under subsection (6) must be by written notice served on the
permittee.
(8) On written request
by a permittee within the period fixed by subsection (6), the Minister
may extend the time for compliance with a requirement under that subsection by
not more than three months.
(9) If a permittee
fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (6), the Minister
may, by written notice served on the permittee, nominate the block or blocks
for declaration as a location.