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meet the requirements of subregulation 4.06(1); or
 (b) reject the variation; or
 (c) ask the Titles Administrator to notify the licensee, in writing, that the Joint Authority is unable to make a decision without further assessment of the variation.

Further assessment before decision
 (3) If the Joint Authority asks the Titles Administrator to issue a notice under paragraph (2)(c), the Joint Authority must specify for inclusion in the notice:
 (a) any further information the Joint Authority requires to be included in the variation; and
 (b) the date after which the Joint Authority will commence further assessment of the plan.
 (4) The date specified under paragraph (3)(b) must give the licensee a reasonable opportunity to modify or resubmit the plan.
 (5) If the Joint Authority undertakes further assessment of a variation, the Joint Authority must accept or reject the variation as soon as practicable.

Acceptance may be subject to conditions
 (6) The Joint Authority may accept a variation of a field development plan subject to conditions.

Notice of decision
 (7) The Titles Administrator must notify the licensee in writing of the following matters as soon as practicable after the Joint Authority has made a decision to accept or reject a variation of a field development plan:
 (a)  the terms of the decision;
 (b) if the Joint Authority rejects the variation—the reasons for the decision;
 (c) if the Joint Authority accepts the variation—the date on which the variation commences;
 (d) if the Joint Authority accepts the variation subject to a condition—the condition and the reason for making the acceptance subject to a condition.

Date of effect
 (8) If the Joint Authority accepts a variation of a field development plan, the plan as varied replaces the existing field development plan as the plan in force for the field on the date notified under paragraph (7)(c).

4.11  Variation required by Joint Authority
  The Titles Administrator may give a petroleum production licensee a notice in writing:
 (a) advising the licensee that the Joint Authority requires the licensee to vary a field development plan as set out in the notice; and
 (b) setting out the technical grounds for requiring the variation; and
 (c) identifying the proposed date of effect of the variation; and
 (d) identifying the proposed date by which the licensee must submit a variation of the plan to the Titles Administrator; and
 (e) advising the licensee of the effect of regulation 4.12.

4.12  Objection to requirement to vary field development plan
 (1) If the Titles Administrator gives a petroleum production licensee a notice under regulation 4.11, the licensee may give an objection, in writing, to the Titles Administrator:
 (a) stating one or more of the following:
 (i) that the variation should not occur;
 (ii)