PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 100
PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 100
100 . Cancellation of permit etc. not affected by other provisions
(1) A permit, drilling
reservation or licence may be wholly cancelled or partly cancelled, and a
lease may be wholly cancelled, on the ground that the registered holder of the
permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence has not complied with a
provision of this Part or of the regulations notwithstanding that he has been
convicted of an offence by reason of his failure to comply with the provision.
(2) A person who was
the registered holder of a permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence that
has been wholly cancelled, or is the registered holder of a permit, drilling
reservation, or licence that has been partly cancelled, on the ground that he
has not complied with a provision of this Part or of the regulations may be
convicted of an offence by reason of his failure to comply with the provision;
notwithstanding that the permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence has
been so cancelled.
(3) A permit, drilling
reservation or licence may be wholly cancelled or partly cancelled, and a
lease may be wholly cancelled, on the ground that the registered holder of the
permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence has not paid an amount payable
by him under this Act, within a period of 3 months after the day on which the
amount became payable; notwithstanding that judgment for the amount has been
obtained or that the amount, or any part of the amount, has been paid or
recovered.
(4) A person who was
the registered holder of a permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence that
has been wholly cancelled or is the registered holder of a permit or licence
that has been partly cancelled, on the ground that he has not paid an amount
payable by him under this Act, within a period of 3 months after the day on
which the amount became payable continues to be liable to pay that amount,
together with any additional amount payable by reason of late payment of that
amount; notwithstanding that the permit, drilling reservation, lease or
licence has been so cancelled.
[Section 100 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 81; No. 78
of 1990 s. 7.]