Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) As soon as
practicable after a titleholder gives a variation to the Minister, the
Minister must —
(a)
accept the variation if the well operations management plan, as varied, would
comply with regulation 10;
(b)
reject the variation; or
(c)
notify the titleholder, in writing, that the Minister is unable to make a
decision without further assessment of the variation.
(2) If the Minister is
unable to make a decision, the Minister must —
(a)
notify the titleholder, in writing, that the Minister is unable to make a
decision without further assessment of the variation; and
(b)
include in the notification —
(i)
a proposed timetable for assessment of the variation that
gives the titleholder a reasonable opportunity to modify and resubmit the
variation; and
(ii)
a description of any further information the Minister may
require to be able to assess the variation.
(3) If a variation is
resubmitted under subregulation (2)(b)(i), or further information is
provided under subregulation (2)(b)(ii), the Minister must, as soon as
practicable, further assess the variation and either —
(a)
accept the variation if the well operations management plan, as varied, would
comply with regulation 10; or
(b)
reject the variation.
(4) The Minister may
accept a variation subject to any conditions decided by the Minister.
(5) The Minister must
notify the titleholder, in writing, of the following matters as soon as
practicable after making a decision —
(a) the
terms of the decision;
(b) if
the decision is to reject the variation, the reasons for the decision;
(c) if
the decision is to accept the variation, subject to a condition —
(i)
the terms of the condition; and
(ii)
the reason for making the acceptance subject to the
condition;
(d) the
terms of regulation 14.