Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 - SECT 37

Declaration of location2

37. Declaration of location2



(1) Where-

   (a)  a permittee has made a nomination under section 36; and

   (b)  the Minister is of the opinion that the permittee is entitled under
        that section to nominate the block or blocks specified in the
        nomination-

the Minister must, by notice published in the Gazette, declare the block or
blocks to which the nomination relates to be a location.

(2) Where the Minister has made a nomination under section 36(9), the Minister
must, by notice published in the Gazette, declare the block or blocks to which
the nomination relates to be a location.

(3) The Minister may, at the request of the permittee, revoke a declaration.

(4) The Minister may vary a declaration-

   (a)  by adding to the location a block in the permit area to which, in the
        opinion of the Minister, a petroleum pool within the location extends;
        or





   (b)  by deleting from the location a block to which, in the opinion of the
        Minister, no petroleum pool within the location extends.

(5) The Minister may not vary a declaration unless-

   (a)  the Minister has caused to be served on the permittee notice in
        writing of the proposed variation, identifying the block to be added
        to, or deleted from, the location; and

   (b)  the period of 30 days after the date of service of the notice has
        expired; and

   (c)  the Minister has considered any matters submitted to the Minister by
        the permittee in relation to the proposed variation.

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply where a variation is made at the request of
the permittee.

(7) The Minister may form an opinion for the purposes of this section if he or
she considers that there are reasonable grounds for forming the opinion having
regard to any information in his or her possession, whether provided by the
permittee or otherwise.