Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 - SECT 23

Application for permit in respect of surrendered etc. blocks

23. Application for permit in respect of surrendered etc. blocks



(1) Where-

   (a)  a lease is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or
        blocks;



   (aa) a licence is surrendered or cancelled as to a block or blocks; or





   (b)  a permit is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or
        blocks and, at the time of the surrender, cancellation or
        determination, the block was, or was included in, or the blocks were,
        or were included in, a location-

the Minister may, at any subsequent time, by instrument published in the
Gazette, invite applications for the grant of a permit in respect of that
block or such of those blocks as are specified in the instrument and specify a
period within which applications may be made.

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(4) An application under this section-



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   (b)  shall be made in an approved manner;

   (c)  shall be accompanied by the particulars referred to in section
        21(1)(d);

   (d)  shall specify an amount that the applicant is prepared to pay to the
        Minister, in addition to the fee referred to in section 24(1)(a), in
        respect of the grant of a permit on the application; and

   (e)  may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes the Minister
        to consider.

(5) The Minister may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on the
applicant, require the applicant to furnish, within the time specified in the
instrument, further information in writing in connexion with the applicant's
application.