Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 - SECT 31

Application for renewal of permit to be in respect of reduced area

31. Application for renewal of permit to be in respect of reduced area



(1) Subject to subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6), the number of blocks in
respect of which an application for the renewal of a permit may be made shall
not exceed the number calculated as follows-

   (a)  where the number of blocks in respect of which the permit is in force
        is a number that is divisible by 2 without remainder-one-half of that
        number; or

   (b)  where the number of blocks in respect of which the permit is in force
        is a number that is one less or one more than a number that is
        divisible by 4 without remainder-one-half of that last-mentioned
        number.



(2) A block that is, or is included in, a location and in respect of which the
permit is in force shall not be regarded as a block in respect of which the
permit is in force for the purpose of making a calculation under subsection
(1).

(3) An application for the renewal of a permit may include, in addition to the
blocks referred to in subsection (1), a block that is, or is included in, a
location and in respect of which the permit is in force, or 2 or more such
blocks.

(4) An application cannot be made for the renewal of a permit in respect of
only one block.



(5) If a permit is in force in respect of 5 or 6 blocks, an application may be
made for the renewal of the permit in respect of 4 of those blocks.

(6) If a permit is in force in respect of 2, 3 or 4 blocks, an application may
be made for the renewal of the permit in respect of all those blocks.

(7) An application may not be made for the further renewal of a permit that
was renewed as a result of an application referred to in subsection (6).