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PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SCHEDULE 2

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES ACT 1967 - SCHEDULE 2

[s. 154]

        [Heading inserted: No. 42 of 2010 s. 61.]

Division 1 Provisions for Petroleum and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2010

        [Heading inserted: No. 42 of 2010 s. 61.]

1 .         Terms used

                In this Division —

        amending Act means the Petroleum and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2010 ;

        regulation 3 means the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Regulations 1987 regulation 3.

        [Clause 1 inserted: No. 42 of 2010 s. 61.]

2 .         Section 41(5) (permit renewals)

        (1)         This clause has effect despite the deletion of section 41(5) by section 17(2) of the amending Act.

        (2)         Section 41(5) as in force immediately before the commencement of section 17 of the amending Act continues to apply in respect of the first application after that commencement for the renewal of a permit that was granted before that commencement.

        [Clause 2 inserted: No. 42 of 2010 s. 61.]

3 .         Section 112 (release of information)

        (1)         This clause has effect despite the deletion of section 112 by section 51 of the amending Act.

        (2)         Section 112 as in force immediately before it was deleted continues to apply in respect of information given to the Minister before the commencement of section 51 of the amending Act.

        (3)         Regulation 3 as in force immediately before the deletion of section 112 —

            (a)         continues in force for the purposes of that section as it continues to apply under subclause (1); and

            (b)         also separately continues in force on and after the commencement of section 57 of the amending Act as if it had been made for the purposes of Part IVB.

        (4)         Regulation 3 as continued in force under subclause (3)(a) or (b) may, for the purposes of its application under subclause (3)(a) or (b), be amended or deleted by regulations.

        [Clause 3 inserted: No. 42 of 2010 s. 61.]





Notes

This is a compilation of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 and includes amendments made by other written laws 3 . For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Petroleum Act 1967 4

72 of 1967

11 Dec 1967

5 Sep 1969 (see s. 2 and Gazette 5 Sep 1969 p. 2540)

Metric Conversion Act 1972 s. 4

94 of 1972

(as amended by No. 19 of 1973 s. 8)

4 Dec 1972

Relevant amendments (see First Sch. 5 ) took effect on 1 Jan 1973 (see s. 4(2) and Gazette 29 Dec 1972 p. 4811)

Acts Amendment (Mining) Act 1981 Pt. III 6

69 of 1981

30 Oct 1981

30 Oct 1981

Reprint of the Petroleum Act 1967 approved 20 Sep 1982 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority) Act 1982 Pt. III

107 of 1982

7 Dec 1982

7 Dec 1982

Barrow Island Royalty Variation Agreement Act 1985 Pt. III

113 of 1985

7 Jan 1986

7 Jan 1986 (see s. 2)

Petroleum Amendment Act 1987

90 of 1987

9 Dec 1987

Act other than s. 6: 14 Feb 1983 (see s. 2(1));

s. 6: 9 Dec 1987 (see s. 2(2))

Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 Pt. II 7-13

12 of 1990

31 Jul 1990

1 Oct 1990 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 28 Sep 1990 p. 5099)

Petroleum (Drilling Reservations) Amendment Act 1990

78 of 1990

22 Dec 1990

s. 1 and 2: 22 Dec 1990;

Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Mar 1991 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Feb 1991 p. 868)

Reprint of the Petroleum Act 1967 as at 17 Dec 1992 (erratum: Gazette 26 Feb 1993 p. 1362) (includes amendments listed above)

Land (Titles and Traditional Usage) Act 1993 s. 45

21 of 1993

2 Dec 1993

2 Dec 1993 (see s. 2)

Petroleum Royalties Legislation Amendment Act 1994 Pt. 2

11 of 1994

15 Apr 1994

1 Mar 1994 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1994 Pt. 3 14-16

28 of 1994

29 Jun 1994

22 Jul 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jul 1994 p. 3728)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1994 s. 4

73 of 1994

9 Dec 1994

9 Dec 1994 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Native Title) Act 1995 Pt. 7

52 of 1995

24 Nov 1995

9 Dec 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Dec 1995 p. 5935)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997 Pt. 4

5 of 1997

10 Jun 1997

29 Aug 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Aug 1997 p. 4867)

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 49 and 68

31 of 1997

3 Oct 1997

30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)

Acts Amendment (Land Administration, Mining and Petroleum) Act 1998 Pt. 4

61 of 1998

11 Jan 1999

11 Jan 1999 (see s. 2(1))

Acts Amendment (Mining and Petroleum) Act 1999 Pt. 3 17, 18

17 of 1999

15 Jun 1999

24 Jul 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Jul 1999 p. 3385)

Reprint of the Petroleum Act 1967 as at 14 Jan 2000 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Australian Datum) Act 2000 s. 7

54 of 2000

28 Nov 2000

16 Dec 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Dec 2000 p. 7201)

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act (No. 2) 2003 Pt. 15

20 of 2003

23 Apr 2003

15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2(1) and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)

Criminal Code Amendment Act 2004 s. 58

4 of 2004

23 Apr 2004

21 May 2004 (see s. 2)

Courts

Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141

59 of 2004

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 98 19

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Petroleum Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 Pt. 2

13 of 2005

1 Sep 2005

15 May 2010 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2015)

Reprint 4: The Petroleum Act 1967 as at 13 Apr 2007 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Petroleum Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 )

Petroleum Amendment Act 2007 Pt. 2

35 of 2007

21 Dec 2007

Div. 1: 19 Jan 2008 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 18 Jan 2008 p. 147);

Div. 2: 15 May 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 14 May 2010 p. 2015)

Reprint 5: The Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 as at 2 May 2008 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Petroleum Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 and the Petroleum Amendment Act 2007 Pt. 2 Div. 2) (correction: Gazette 23 Jun 2009 p. 2470)

Revenue Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 2008 s. 34

31 of 2008

27 Jun 2008

28 Jun 2008 (see s. 2(b))

Reprint 6: The Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 as at 22 Oct 2010 (includes amendments listed above)

Petroleum and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Pt. 2

42 of 2010

28 Oct 2010

Pt. 2 other than s. 51, 57, 58(b) (to the extent that it inserts s. 153(2)(lc)), 61 (to the extent that it inserts Sch. 2 cl. 3): 25 May 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 24 May 2011 p. 1892);

s. 51, 57, 58(b) (to the extent that it inserts s. 153(2)(lc)), 61 (to the extent that it inserts Sch. 2 cl. 3): 1 Jul 2015 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 30 Jun 2015 p. 2321)

Reprint 7: The Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 as at 5 Aug 2011 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Petroleum and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2010 s. 51, 57, 58(b) (to the extent that it inserts s. 153(2)(lc)) and 61 (to the extent that it inserts Sch. 2 cl. 3)

Personal Property Securities (Consequential Repeals and Amendments) Act 2011 Pt. 9 Div. 3

42 of 2011

4 Oct 2011

30 Jan 2012 (see s. 2(c) and Cwlth Legislative Instrument No. F2011L02397 cl. 5 registered 21 Nov 2011)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 15

47 of 2011

25 Oct 2011

26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 s. 45 it. 15

23 of 2012

29 Aug 2012

7 Aug 2013 (see s. 1B(b) and Gazette 6 Aug 2013 p. 3677)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2014 s. 8

17 of 2014

2 Jul 2014

6 Sep 2014 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Sep 2014 p. 3213)

Reprint 8: The Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 as at

15 Jan 2016 (includes amendments listed above)

Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2017 Pt. 2

7 of 2017

14 Sep 2017

15 Nov 2017 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 14 Nov 2017 p. 5597)

Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Pt. 15 Div. 3 Subdiv. 1

36 of 2020

10 Nov 2020

31 Mar 2022 (see s. 2(1)(c) and SL 2022/18 cl. 2)

Land and Public Works Legislation Amendment Act 2023 Pt. 4 Div. 10

4 of 2023

24 Mar 2023

10 Aug 2023 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2023/132 cl. 2)

Uncommenced provisions table

To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA Legislation website.

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Native Title (State Provisions) Act 1999 Sch. 2 Div. 7

60 of 1999

10 Jan 2000

s. 7.3 operative on earliest of commencement of Pt. 2 (except s. 2.2), Pt. 3 (except s. 3.1) and Pt. 4

Other notes

1         The Petroleum Act 1936 was repealed by this Act, s. 3.

2         The Interpretation Act 1918 was repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984 .

3         The amendment in the Petroleum Safety Act 1999 s. 92 is not included as it was deleted by the Petroleum Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 s. 51 before it came into operation.

4         Now known as the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 ; short title changed (see note under s. 1).

5         The Schedule to the Metric Conversion Act 1972 was redesignated as the First Schedule by the Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act 1973 .

6         The Acts Amendment (Mining) Act 1981 s. 34(2) and (3) are transitional provisions that are of no further effect.

7         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 26(2) reads as follows:



        (2)         A permit granted before the commencement of this section is not invalidated by reason of any error that may have occurred in specifying the date of commencement of the permit and the term of such a permit shall be deemed to have commenced on the day of commencement specified in it.



8         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 32(2)-(6) read as follows:



        (2)         Where —

            (a)         at the commencement of this section, a nomination has been made under section 46 of the principal Act; and

            (b)         at that commencement, a declaration had not been made under section 47 of the principal Act as a result of the making of the nomination,

                sections 46, 47 and 48 of the principal Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continue to have effect in relation to that nomination and the block or blocks that would be affected by a declaration as if this Act had not been enacted.

        (3)         A declaration made under section 47 of the principal Act as continued in force by subsection (2) has effect, and the principal Act, as amended by this Act, applies to the declaration, as if the declaration had been made under that section as amended by this Act.

        (4)         A declaration in force under section 47 of the principal Act immediately before the commencement of this section has effect after that commencement as if it were a declaration under section 47 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.

        (5)         Where —

            (a)         the permittee under a permit granted before the commencement of this section applies under section 50 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, for a licence;

            (b)         the location that includes the block or blocks to which the application relates was declared under section 47 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act;

            (c)         the location consists of not more than 8 blocks;

            (d)         the Minister notifies the applicant in writing that, in his opinion, the number of blocks specified in the notification represents the maximum number of blocks that the applicant would have been entitled to have declared as a location instead of the block or blocks constituting the location referred to in paragraph (b) if this Act had not been enacted; and

            (e)         the number of blocks specified in the notification exceeds the number of blocks in the location referred to in paragraph (b),

                section 50(1) of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, applies as if the firstmentioned location were constituted by the number of blocks specified in the notification referred to in paragraph (d).

        (6)         Where —

            (a)         a lessee under a lease of a block or blocks for which a permit was granted before the commencement of this section applies under section 50A of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, for a licence;

            (b)         the location that includes the block or blocks to which the application relates was declared under section 47 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act;

            (c)         the location consists of not more than 8 blocks;

            (d)         the Minister notifies the applicant in writing that, in his opinion, the number of blocks specified in the notification represents the maximum number of blocks that the applicant would have been entitled to have declared as a location instead of the block or blocks constituting the location referred to in paragraph (b) if this Act had not been enacted; and

            (e)         the number of blocks specified in the notification exceeds the number of blocks in the location referred to in paragraph (b),

                section 50A(2) of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, applies as if the lease were in respect of the number of blocks specified in the notification referred to in paragraph (d).



9         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 42(2) reads as follows:



        (2)         The revocation, under section 56(3) of the principal Act, of a declaration in respect of a location shall be deemed not to have affected the validity of a licence granted under the principal Act in respect of any block forming part of that location.



10         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 48(2) reads as follows:



        (2)         A licence granted before the commencement of this section is not invalidated by reason of any error that may have occurred in specifying the date of commencement of the licence and the term of such a licence shall be deemed to have commenced on the date of commencement specified in it.



11         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 56(2), (3) and (4) read as follows:



        (2)         Section 72 of the principal Act as amended by this Act applies in relation to applications for approval of transfers of permits, licences or access authorities lodged after the commencement of this section.

        (3)         Notwithstanding the repeal of section 72 of the principal Act effected by subsection (1), that section continues to apply in relation to applications for approval of transfers of permits, licences or access authorities lodged before the commencement of this section.

        (4)         A transfer approved and registered under section 72 of the principal Act shall be deemed to have been approved and registered under section 72 of the principal Act as amended by this Act.



12         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 58(2)-(7) read as follows:



        (2)         Subject to this section, sections 75 and 75A of the principal Act as amended by this Act apply in relation to dealings evidenced by instruments executed after the commencement of this section.

        (3)         A party to an instrument to which section 75 of the principal Act applied, being an instrument that had not been approved under that section of that Act, may, if the instrument evidences a dealing —

            (a)         to which section 75 of the principal Act as amended by this Act would, if the instrument had been executed after the commencement of this section, apply; and

            (b)         that relates to a permit, licence or access authority that was in existence at the time of execution of the instrument,

                make an application in writing, within 12 months after the commencement of this section, to the Minister for approval of the dealing.

        (4)         Where —

            (a)         before the commencement of this section, 2 or more persons entered into a dealing relating to a permit, licence or access authority that was not in existence at the time of execution of the instrument evidencing the dealing;

            (b)         that dealing would, if the instrument evidencing the dealing had been executed after the commencement of this section, be a dealing referred to in section 75A(1) of the principal Act as amended by this Act; and

            (c)         that permit, licence or access authority has come, or comes, into existence,

                a party to the dealing may make an application in writing within —

            (d)         in a case where that permit, licence or access authority came into existence before the commencement of this section, 12 months after that commencement; or

            (e)         in any other case, 3 months after that permit, licence or access authority comes into existence,

                to the Minister for approval of the dealing.

        (5)         Section 75 of the principal Act as amended by this Act (other than subsections (5) and (6) of that section) applies to a dealing in respect of which an application is made under subsection (3) or (4) of this section.

        (6)         If, when the first regulations made for the purposes of section 75(4)(b) of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, take effect, an application for approval of a dealing has been made but the Minister has neither approved nor refused to approve the dealing —

            (a)         the Minister shall give to the applicant written notice that the applicant is entitled to lodge an instrument for the purpose of section 75(4)(b) in relation to the application;

            (b)         the applicant may lodge an instrument for the purpose of section 75(4)(b);

            (c)         the application shall not be dealt with by the Minister until after the end of 30 days after the day on which notice is given for the purpose of paragraph (a); and

            (d)         where the applicant lodges an instrument under paragraph (b), the applicant shall lodge with the instrument 2 copies of the instrument.

        (7)         An instrument lodged under subsection (6) shall be taken, for the purposes of section 75(13) of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, to have accompanied the application when the application was lodged.



13         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1990 s. 76(2) and (3) read as follows:



        (2)         A direction in force under section 95 of the principal Act immediately before the commencement of this section shall, after that commencement, continue to apply to the person or persons to whom it applied before that commencement as if it were a direction under section 95 of the principal Act as amended by this Act.

        (3)         A registered holder is not required by section 95(2a) of the principal Act as amended by this Act to cause a copy of a direction to which subsection (2) applies to be given to another person or to cause a copy of such a direction to be exhibited at a place frequented by that other person if the direction or a copy of the direction was served, within the meaning of the principal Act, on the person before the commencement of this section.



14         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1994 s. 14(2), (3) and (4) read as follows:



        (2)         Where a permit referred to in section 39(a) of the principal Act is in force at the commencement of this section, the registered holder of the permit may apply to the Minister for the term of that permit to be extended from 5 years to 6 years and that application shall —

            (a)         be in accordance with a form approved by the Minister;

            (b)         be accompanied by the particulars set out in section 31(1)(d)(i) of the principal Act relevant to the year that the application is in respect of; and

            (c)         set out any other matters that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider, or that the Minister requests, in connection with the application.

        (3)         By instrument in writing served on a person who has made an application under subsection (2) the Minister shall inform that person —

            (a)         that the Minister is prepared to extend the term of the permit, and the instrument shall contain a summary of any conditions subject to which the extension is to be granted; or

            (b)         that the Minister has refused to extend the term of the permit.

        (4)         The Minister shall grant to an applicant on whom there has been served an instrument under subsection (3)(a) the extension referred to in the instrument if the applicant requests the Minister to do so by instrument in writing served on the Minister within one month after the service on the applicant of the instrument under subsection (3)(a).



15         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1994 s. 16(2) reads as follows:



        (2)         Section 41 of the principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues to have effect in relation to the renewal of all permits in force at the commencement of this section, other than those permits in respect of which an extension from 5 years to 6 years has been granted under section 14 of this Act, in which case section 41 of the principal Act as amended by this section applies.



16         The Acts Amendment (Petroleum) Act 1994 s. 55(2) reads as follows:



        (2)         Notwithstanding the repeal of section 134B of the principal Act, Part III of the principal Act continues to apply to and in relation to a licence granted on an application made under that section.



17         The Acts Amendment (Mining and Petroleum) Act 1999 s. 23(2) and (3) read as follows:



        (2)         Section 15A as inserted into the Petroleum Act 1967 by subsection (1) does not prohibit operations being carried out under the authority of —

            (a)         a relevant licence on land that immediately before the commencement of section 22 was declared under section 15(2) of that Act to be Crown land and land to which that Act applied; or

            (b)         the Barrow Island lease.

        (3)         In subsection (2) —

        Barrow Island lease has the meaning given in section 128 of the Petroleum Act 1967 ;

        relevant licence means a production licence for petroleum in force under Part III of the Petroleum Act 1967 immediately before the commencement of this section.



18         The Acts Amendment (Mining and Petroleum) Act 1999 s. 26(5) reads as follows:



        (5)         Despite the amendments made by this section, section 43F of the Petroleum Act 1967 continues to apply to and in relation to the extension of a drilling reservation in force on the commencement of this section.



19         The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.



Defined terms



[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)

access authority         5(1)

access authority area         7A(2), 7B(2)

affected area         6A(3)

affected lessee         24(1)

amending Act         154(3), Sch. 2 cl. 1

applicable document         150A

application for a primary licence         5(1)

application for a secondary licence         5(1)

apportionment provision         7B(8) and (12)

approved         5(1)

approved development plan         5(1)

area to which the surrender relates         98(5)

Australian/New Zealand Standard         126A(4)

Australian Standard         126A(4)

authorisation         24A(3)

Barrow Island lease         5(1), 128

block         5(1)

boundary-change permit         5(1)

CEO         126A(4)

charge         75(15)

commencement         150A

commencement day         41(9), 42A(1), 56(9)

commencing day         128

Commonwealth Act         5(1)

Commonwealth instrument         6A(1)

Commonwealth lease         5(1)

Commonwealth licence         5(1)

Commonwealth permit         5(1)

Commonwealth title         97A(1)

compensable lessee         21(1)

construct         3(1)

construction         5(1)

court         125(2)

Crown land         5(1)

dealing         68(10)

debenture         75(15)

diversification lease         5(1)

document         5(1)

documentary information         150A

drilling reservation         5(1)

drilling reservation application         43DA(1)

exclusion zone         112A(1)

explore for         29(3)

facility         5(1)

federal duty         144A(3)

fixed-term WA petroleum production licence         97A(1)

former area         133(2)

former provisions         128

Gazettal day         154(1)

geothermal access authority         5(1)

geothermal drilling reservation         5(1)

geothermal energy         5(1)

geothermal energy operation         5(1)

geothermal energy resources         5(1)

geothermal exploration permit         5(1)

geothermal lease area         5(1)

geothermal lessee         5(1)

geothermal licensee         5(1)

geothermal permit area         5(1)

geothermal permittee         5(1)

geothermal production licence         5(1)

geothermal resources area         5(1)

geothermal retention lease         5(1)

geothermal special prospecting authority         5(1)

geothermal title         69A(1), 106(13)

good oil-field practice         3(1)

granted         5(1)

graticular section         5(1)

holder         91B(1)

holder of a drilling reservation         5(1)

inshore area         6A

inspector         5(1)

Joint Authority         7B(7), 69(1A)

lease         5(1)

lease area         5(1)

lessee         5(1), 128

licence         5(1)

licence area         5(1)

licensee         5(1)

location         5(1)

marine reserve         28A(3)

mining sample         150A

Minister of another jurisdiction         150A

native title holders         24A(3)

offshore area         5(1), 69(1A)

oil shale         5(1)

operations area         92(1)

operations to which this Division applies         128

operative day         154(5)

operator         5(1), 92(1)

original licence         61(1)

original permit         37A(1)

other area         7B(8) and (12)

partly cancelled         5(1)

partly determined         5

pastoral lease         5(1)

permit         5(1)

permit application         32(1A)

permit area         5(1)

permittee         5(1)

petroleum         5(1)

petroleum access authority         5(1)

petroleum drilling reservation         5(1)

petroleum exploration permit         5(1)

petroleum lease area         5(1)

petroleum lessee         5(1)

petroleum licensee         5(1)

petroleum operation         5(1)

petroleum permit area         5(1)

petroleum permittee         5(1)

petroleum pool         5(1)

petroleum production licence         5(1)

petroleum retention lease         5(1)

petroleum special prospecting authority         5(1)

petroleum title         69A(1), 97A(1), 106(13)

prescribed instrument         128

primary entitlement         5(1)

primary licence         5(1)

private land         5(1)

recovery         5(1)

Register         5(1)

registered holder         5(1)

regulation 3         Sch. 2 cl. 1

regulations         5(1)

relevant area         37B(2), 41(7), 48CD(2), 56(7), 61A(2), 97A(2)

relevant petroleum title         97A(5) and (6)

relevant section 27 blocks         37B(5) and (6), 48CD(2), 61A(2)

relevant time         37B(3) and (4), 48CD(3) and (4), 61A(3) and (4), 97A(3) and (4)

relinquished area         5(1)

reservoir         16(2)

royalty period         5(1)

royalty value         5(1)

second affected area         6A(5)

secondary licence         5(1)

section 27 block         37B(1), 47(1A), 48CD(1), 61A, 97A(1)

special prospecting authority         5(1)

State         26

structure         5(1)

tight gas         52(4A)

title         69J, 127A(5)

transitional matter         154(1)

transitional regulations         154(1)

unit development         69(1)

unused area         48CA(1) and (2)

variation agreement         128

vessel         5(1)

water         113(2)

well         5(1)

wholly cancelled         5(1)

wholly determined         5(1)





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