PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 31
PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 31
31 . Application for permit
(1) An application
under section 30 or 105(3)(a)(ii) —
[(a) deleted]
(b)
shall be made in an approved manner; and
(c)
shall be in respect of not more than —
(i)
400 blocks, if the application relates to the exploration
for petroleum; or
(ii)
160 blocks, if the application relates to the exploration
for geothermal energy resources;
and
(d)
shall be accompanied by particulars of —
(i)
the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure
in respect of the blocks specified in the application; and
(ii)
the technical qualifications of the applicant and of his
employees; and
(iii)
the technical advice available to the applicant; and
(iv)
the financial resources available to the applicant;
and
(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) The number of
blocks specified in the application —
(a) if
16 blocks or more are available — shall not be less than 16; or
(b) if
less than 16 blocks are available — shall be the number available.
(3) The blocks
specified in the application shall be blocks that are constituted by
graticular sections that —
(a)
constitute a single area; and
(b) are
such that each graticular section in that area has a side in common with at
least one other graticular section in that area.
(4) The Minister may,
at any time, by instrument in writing served on the applicant, require him to
furnish, within the time specified in the instrument, further information in
writing in connection with his application.
[Section 31 amended: No. 69 of 1981 s. 34; No. 12
of 1990 s. 22; No. 28 of 1994 s. 7; No. 35 of 2007 s. 20; No. 42 of 2010
s. 6.]