PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 43

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 43

43 .         Conditions of permit

        (1)         A permit may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the permit.

        (1A)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a boundary-change permit.

        (2)         The conditions referred to in subsection (1) may include conditions with respect to work to be carried out by the permittee in or in relation to the permit area during the term of the permit, or amounts to be expended by the permittee in the carrying out of such work, or conditions with respect to both of those matters, including conditions requiring the permittee to comply with directions given in accordance with the permit concerning those matters.

        (3)         The Minister may, by written notice given to the permittee, vary a boundary-change permit by imposing one or more conditions to which the permit is subject.

        (4)         A notice under subsection (3) may only be given within 14 days after the grant of the boundary-change permit.

        (5)         A variation under subsection (3) takes effect on the day on which notice of the variation is given to the permittee.

        (6)         If, when a boundary-change permit is granted, the relevant Commonwealth permit that ceases to be in force, as mentioned in section 37B(3)(b) or (4)(b), is of a kind that corresponds to a petroleum exploration permit granted under section 32(4) or 37, any or all of the conditions mentioned in subsection (7) may be specified in —

            (a)         the boundary-change permit; or

            (b)         a permit granted by way of the renewal of the boundary-change permit.

        (7)         The following conditions are specified for the purposes of subsection (6) —

            (a)         conditions requiring the permittee to carry out work in, or in relation to, the permit area (including conditions requiring the permittee to carry out the work during a period of 12 months or longer, or during periods each of which is 12 months or longer);

            (b)         conditions relating to the amounts that the permittee must spend in carrying out such work;

            (c)         conditions requiring the permittee to comply with directions that —

                  (i)         relate to the matters covered by paragraphs (a) and (b); and

                  (ii)         are given in accordance with the permit.

        (8)         Subsection (6) does not limit subsection (3).

        (9)         If —

            (a)         a boundary-change permit is granted; and

            (b)         the relevant Commonwealth permit that ceases to be in force, as mentioned in section 37B(3)(b) or (4)(b), is a cash-bid petroleum exploration permit, as defined in the Commonwealth Act section 7,

                the conditions mentioned in subsection (10) must not be specified in —

            (c)         the boundary-change permit; or

            (d)         a permit granted by way of the renewal of the boundary-change permit.

        (10)         The following conditions are specified for the purposes of subsection (9) —

            (a)         conditions requiring the permittee to carry out work in, or in relation to, the permit area;

            (b)         conditions requiring the permittee to spend particular amounts on the carrying out of work in, or in relation to, the permit area.

        [Section 43 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 29; No. 7 of 2017 s. 13.]