Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:780k
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 780K
Character Range: 1972918–1974365

780K  Validation of certain renewals and extensions
 (1) If:
 (a) before 1 January 2016:
 (i) a petroleum exploration permit was purportedly renewed under this Act; or
 (ii) a petroleum retention lease was purportedly renewed under this Act; or
 (iii) a fixed‑term petroleum production licence was purportedly renewed under this Act; and
 (b) the purported renewal would, apart from this subsection, be invalid because consent was not given under subsection 359(3) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;
the purported renewal is as valid and effective, and is taken always to have been as valid and effective, as it would have been if:
 (c) consent had been given under that subsection; and
 (d) that consent had not been subject to any conditions.
 (2) If:
 (a) before 1 January 2016:
 (i) the term of a petroleum exploration permit was purportedly extended under this Act; or
 (ii) the term of a petroleum retention lease was purportedly extended under this Act; and
 (b) the purported extension would, apart from this subsection, be invalid because consent was not given under subsection 359(3) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;
the purported extension is as valid and effective, and is taken always to have been as valid and effective, as it would have been if:
 (c) consent had been given under that subsection; and
 (d) that consent had not been subject to any conditions.