PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 63
PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 63
63—Application for pipeline licence
(1) An application for
a pipeline licence—
(a)
shall be in accordance with an approved form; and
(b)
shall be made in an approved manner; and
(c)
shall be accompanied by particulars of—
(i)
the proposed design and construction of the pipeline; and
(ii)
the proposed size and capacity of the pipeline; and
(iii)
the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure
in respect of the construction of the pipeline; and
(iv)
the technical qualifications of the applicant and of his
employees; and
(v)
the technical advice available to the applicant; and
(vi)
the financial resources available to the applicant; and
(vii)
any agreements entered into, or proposed to be entered
into, by the applicant for or in relation to the supply or conveyance of
petroleum by means of the pipeline; and
(d)
shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn to an approved scale, showing—
(i)
the route to be followed by the pipeline; and
(ii)
the sites of pumping stations, tank stations, and
valve stations to be used in connection with the pipeline; and
(iii)
the site of any pumping station, tank station or
valve station that the applicant desires to be declared under section 62
to be a terminal station in connection with the pipeline; and
(e) may
set out any other matters that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider;
and
(f)
shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2) Where a notice is
published in the Gazette—
(a) of
an application by a person other than the licensee for a pipeline licence in
respect of the construction of a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum
recovered in a licence area; or
(b) of
an application by a person other than the pipeline operator under the
Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law for a pipeline licence in respect of
the construction of a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a
licence area of a production licence under the Commonwealth Act or a
corresponding law,
the licensee or, as the case may be, the pipeline operator under the
Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law may, within a period of three months
after the date of publication of the notice, or within such further period,
not exceeding three months, as the Minister, on application in writing served
on him before the expiration of the firstmentioned period of three months,
allows, make an application for a pipeline licence referred to in
paragraph (a) or (b), as the case requires, and in the application
request that the application referred to in the notice be rejected.
(a) a
notice referred to in subsection (2) is published in the Gazette; and
(b) a
pipeline licence is granted to the licensee or to the pipeline operator under
the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law on an application under
subsection (2),
the Minister shall, by instrument in writing served on the applicant, reject
the application referred to in the notice.
(4) The Minister may,
at any time, by instrument in writing served on a person who has made an
application under this section, require him to furnish, within the time
specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connection with
his application.
(5) In this
section—
"pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law has the
same meaning as in section 64.