Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:170
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 170
Character Range: 425454–427386

170  Application for petroleum production licence by lessee

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

Application for petroleum production licence
 (2) If a petroleum retention lease is in force over a block or blocks, the lessee may 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.
 (3) 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.
 (3A) If the approved form requires the application to be accompanied by information or documents, an application under this section is taken to be accompanied by the information or documents if the information or documents are given to the Titles Administrator before the end of the 10‑day period that began on the day after the application was made.

Greater Sunrise unit reservoir petroleum production licence
 (4) 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.