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an area under a petroleum production licence on or before the commencement day (the recovery area) and the recovery after that day is not covered by a field development plan:
 (a) the licensee must make an application to the Titles Administrator under regulation 4.04 for acceptance of a field development plan for the recovery area before the end of:
 (i) 2 years after the commencement day; or
 (ii) if the Titles Administrator gives the licensee written approval to extend the period to 4 years after the commencement day—that period; and
 (b) the licensee is exempt from regulation 4.02 until an accepted field development plan is in force for the recovery area.
 (4) If a licensee exempted by paragraph (3)(b) makes an application under regulation 4.04 and the plan is rejected by the Joint Authority, the licensee must make another application no later than 90 days after being given notice of the rejection.

Division 7—Approval of rate of recovery of petroleum

4.17  Requirement to obtain approval of rate of recovery of petroleum
 (1) A petroleum production licensee commits an offence if:
 (a) the licensee undertakes the recovery of petroleum from a petroleum pool in a licence area; and
 (b) the licensee has not obtained from the Joint Authority written approval of the rate of recovery of petroleum from the pool; and
 (c) the rate of recovery of petroleum from the pool is not subject to a direction under section 190 of the Act.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

4.18  Application for approval of rate of recovery from pool in licence area
 (1) This regulation applies if a petroleum production licensee applies to the Joint Authority for written approval of the rate of recovery of petroleum from a petroleum pool in a licence area.
 (2) The Joint Authority must not approve the application unless the application includes the following information:
 (a) the proposed rate of recovery of petroleum from the pool;
 (b) the past performance (if any) and a prediction of future performance of production wells in the licence area;
 (c) an estimate of the ultimate recovery from the pool;
 (d) evidence that the equipment and procedures used to determine the quantity and composition of petroleum and water have been approved:
 (i) if the Royalty Act applies—under section 13 of that Act; or
 (ii) if that Act does not apply—by the Joint Authority.
 (3) In making a decision about the rate of recovery of petroleum from the pool, the Joint Authority must ensure that the rate is consistent with the accepted field development plan for the field that includes the