PETROLEUM ACT 1998 - SECT 78 Procedure if application granted

PETROLEUM ACT 1998 - SECT 78

    (1)     If the Minister grants an application, she or he must—

        (a)     amend the production licence to excise the relevant land from the licence area; and

        (b)     notify the applicant and the holder of the production licence in writing that the licence has been amended in that way; and

        (c)     invite applications for the grant of a production licence in relation to the excised land; and

        (d)     notify the applicant and the holder of the production licence in writing of the invitation.

    (2)     Division 3 (other than section 50(1)) applies to the grant of a production licence under this section and applies as if a reference in that Division—

        (a)     to an invitation was a reference to an invitation under subsection (1); and

        (b)     to "this Division" was a reference to this Division.

Division 9—Unit development