PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 62
PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SECT 62
62 . Rights conferred by licence
(1) A petroleum
production licence, while it remains in force, authorises the licensee,
subject to this Act and in accordance with the conditions to which the licence
is subject —
(a) to
recover petroleum in the licence area and to recover petroleum from the
licence area in another area to which he has lawful access for that purpose;
and
(b) to
explore for petroleum in the licence area; and
(c) to
carry on such operations and execute such works in the licence area as are
necessary for those purposes.
(2) A geothermal
production licence, while it remains in force, authorises the licensee,
subject to this Act and in accordance with the conditions to which the licence
is subject —
(a) to
recover geothermal energy in the licence area and to recover geothermal energy
from the licence area in another area to which the licensee has lawful access
for that purpose; and
(b) to
explore for geothermal energy resources in the licence area; and
(c) to
carry on such operations and execute such works in the licence area as are
necessary for those purposes.
[Section 62 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 47; No. 13
of 2005 s. 16(2); No. 35 of 2007 s. 54.]