PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 33

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 33

33 .         Application for permit in respect of surrendered etc. blocks

        (1)         Where —

            (a)         a petroleum retention lease is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or blocks; or

            (aa)         a petroleum production licence is surrendered or cancelled as to a block or blocks; or

            (b)         a petroleum exploration permit is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or blocks and, at the time of the surrender, cancellation or determination, the block was, or was included in, or the blocks were, or were included in, a location; or

            (c)         a petroleum pool from which petroleum has been recovered is within or extends to a block which is, or to blocks which are, not the subject of a permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence,

                the Minister may, at any subsequent time, by instrument published in the Gazette , invite applications for the grant of a petroleum exploration permit in respect of that block or such of those blocks as are specified in the instrument and specify a period within which applications may be made.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         a geothermal retention lease is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or blocks; or

            (b)         a geothermal production licence is surrendered or cancelled as to a block or blocks; or

            (c)         a geothermal exploration permit is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or blocks and, at the time of the surrender, cancellation or determination, the block was, or was included in, or the blocks were, or were included in, a location; or

            (d)         a geothermal resources area from which geothermal energy has been recovered is within or extends to a block which is not, or to blocks which are not, the subject of a permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence,

                the Minister may, at any subsequent time, by instrument published in the Gazette , invite applications for the grant of a geothermal exploration permit in respect of that block or such of those blocks as are specified in the instrument and specify a period within which applications may be made.

        [(3)         deleted]

        (4)         An application under this section —

        [(a)         deleted]

            (b)         shall be made in an approved manner; and

            (c)         shall be accompanied by the particulars referred to in section 31(1)(d); and

            (d)         shall specify an amount that the applicant is prepared to pay to the Minister, in addition to the fee referred to in section 34(1)(a), in respect of the grant of a permit to him on the application; and

            (e)         may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider.

        (5)         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 33 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 23; No. 28 of 1994 s. 9; No. 35 of 2007 s. 22; No. 42 of 2010 s. 10.]