Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:168
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 168
Character Range: 421249–423983

168  Application for petroleum production licence by permittee

Scope
 (1) This section applies to a petroleum exploration permit if the Royalty Act does not apply to the permit.
Note: Schedule 4 deals with applications for petroleum production licences by the holders of petroleum exploration permits to which the Royalty Act applies.

Application
 (2) If a petroleum exploration permit is in force over a block that constitutes, or the blocks that constitute, a location, the permittee may, within the application period, apply to the Titles Administrator for the grant by the Joint Authority of a petroleum production licence over that block or over one or more of those blocks.
Note: For application period, see section 169.

Variation of application
 (3) At any time before an offer document relating to the application is given to the applicant, the applicant may, by written notice given to the Titles Administrator, vary the number of blocks specified in the application.
 (4) A variation of an application must be made in an approved manner.
 (5) A variation of an application may set out any additional matters that the applicant wishes to be considered.
 (5A) The Titles Administrator must publish on the Titles Administrator's website a copy of the instrument of approval referred to in subsection (4).
 (6) An application or a variation of an application under this section must:
 (a) be in the approved form; and
 (b) be accompanied by any information or documents required by the form.
 (6A) If the approved form requires the application or variation to be accompanied by information or documents, an application or variation under this section is taken to be accompanied by the information or documents if the information or documents are given to the Titles Administrator:
 (a) for an application—before the end of the application period; or
 (b) for a variation—within 10 days after the variation is made.

Greater Sunrise unit reservoir petroleum production licence
 (7) An application under this section for the grant of a Greater Sunrise unit reservoir petroleum production licence must also:
 (a) nominate a person to be the unit operator, as defined in the Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement; and
 (b) be accompanied by each Joint Venturers' Agreement, as defined in the Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement; and
 (c) be accompanied by a copy of the proposed Development Plan, as defined in the Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement.
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.
Note 3: Section 258 enables the Titles Administrator to require the applicant to give further information.