Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:234
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 234
Character Range: 575210–576115

234  Application for petroleum special prospecting authority
 (1) A person may apply to the Titles Administrator for the grant of a petroleum special prospecting authority over a block or blocks, so long as none of the following is in force over that block or any of those blocks:
 (a) a petroleum exploration permit;
 (b) a petroleum retention lease;
 (c) a petroleum production licence;
 (d) a greenhouse gas assessment permit;
 (e) a greenhouse gas holding lease;
 (f) a greenhouse gas injection licence.
 (2) An application under this section must specify:
 (a) the petroleum exploration operations that the applicant proposes to carry on; and
 (b) the block or blocks within which the applicant proposes to carry on those operations.
Note 1: Part 2.10 contains additional provisions about application procedures.
Note 2: Section 256 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.