Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00818:section:19:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00818
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 68375–71012

19  Petroleum project
 (1) Subject to subsection (1A) and (1B), for the purposes of this Act, where a production licence is in force and is not specified in a project combination certificate that is in force, there shall be taken to be a petroleum project in relation to the production licence.
 (1A) For the purposes of this Act, there is taken to be a single petroleum project in relation to all production licences that are related to the Bass Strait exploration permit and that are in force from time to time, unless those licences are specified in a project combination certificate that is in force.
 (1B) For the purposes of this Act, there is taken to be a single petroleum project in relation to all production licences that are related to the North West Shelf exploration permits and that are in force from time to time.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act, where 2 or more production licences are specified in a project combination certificate that is in force, there shall be taken to be a petroleum project in relation to such of the production licences as are in force.
 (2A) If:
 (a) the production licences that are related to the Bass Strait exploration permit are specified in a project combination certificate; and
 (b) another production licence that is related to the Bass Strait exploration permit comes into force at a time when the project combination certificate is in force;
the certificate has effect after that time as if the production licence referred to in paragraph (b) were specified in the certificate.
 (2B) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be taken to be included, as part of any petroleum project within the meaning of subsection (1) or (2), the carrying on of any processing of external petroleum wholly or partly using the operations, facilities and other things comprising the project:
 (a) in the case of a production licence referred to in subsection (1)—while that licence is in force; or
 (b) in the case of 2 or more production licences referred to in subsection (2)—while any of those licences are in force.
Note: Under subsection (4), the operations, facilities and other things comprising the project are limited to those used in relation to petroleum recovered from the one or more production licence areas in relation to the project.
 (2C) For the purposes of this Act, there is taken to be included, as part of any petroleum project within the meaning of subsection (1) or (2), the carrying on of any processing of internal petroleum wholly or partly using the operations, facilities and other things comprising the project:
 (a) in the case of a production licence referred to in