Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 - SECT 64

Application for pipeline licence

64. Application for pipeline licence



(1) An application for a pipeline licence, whether or not that licence is for
the conveyance of petroleum recovered from an area within the adjacent area-



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   (b)  shall be made in an approved manner;

   (c)  shall be accompanied by particulars of-

   (i)  the proposed design and construction of the pipeline;

   (ii) the proposed size and capacity of the pipeline;

   (iii) the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure in respect of
        the construction of the pipeline;

   (iv) the technical qualifications of the applicant and of the applicant's
        employés;

   (v)  the technical advice available to the applicant;

   (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;

   (d)  shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn to an approved scale, showing-

   (i)  the route to be followed by the pipeline;

   (ii) the sites of pumping stations, tank stations, and valve stations to be
        used in connexion 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 63 to be a terminal
        station in connexion with the pipeline;

   (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 registered holder of the
        production licence for that area (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 the licensee or pipeline operator before the expiration of the
first-mentioned 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.

(3) Where-

   (a)  a notice is published in the Gazette of an application by a person
        other than the registered holder of the production licence for a
        licence area for a pipeline licence in respect of the construction of
        the pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in that area;
        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 subsection (1), require the person to
furnish, within the time specified in the instrument, further information in
writing in connexion with the application.

(5) In this section, pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a
corresponding law has the same meaning as in section 65.