Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00011:front:0:p19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00011
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 48585–51413

section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

4.03  Requirement to undertake activities in accordance with accepted field development plan
  A petroleum production licensee commits an offence if:
 (a) the licensee has an accepted field development plan in force for a field in the licence area; and
 (b) the licensee undertakes an activity in the licence area; and
 (c) the undertaking of the activity is not consistent with the field development plan.
Penalty: 80 penalty units.

Division 3—Obtaining acceptance of field development plan

4.04  Application for acceptance of field development plan
 (1) A person who is a petroleum production licensee or an applicant for a petroleum production licence may apply to the Titles Administrator for the Joint Authority to accept a field development plan.
 (2) The application must be accompanied by the field development plan.

4.05  Joint Authority decision on field development plan
 (1) As soon as practicable after a person gives a field development plan to the Titles Administrator under regulation 4.04, the Titles Administrator must give the plan to the Joint Authority.
 (2) After receiving the plan from the Titles Administrator, the Joint Authority must:
 (a) accept the plan; or
 (b) reject the plan; or
 (c) ask the Titles Administrator to notify the person in writing that the Joint Authority is unable to make a decision without further assessment of the plan.

Further assessment before decision
 (3) If the Joint Authority asks the Titles Administrator to issue a notice under paragraph (2)(c), the Joint Authority must specify for inclusion in the notice:
 (a) any further information the Joint Authority requires to be included in the plan; and
 (b) the date after which the Joint Authority will commence further assessment of the plan.
 (4) The date specified under paragraph (3)(b) must give the person a reasonable opportunity to modify or resubmit the plan.
 (5) If the Joint Authority undertakes further assessment of a field development plan, the Joint Authority must accept or reject the field development plan as soon as practicable.

Acceptance may be subject to conditions
 (6) The Joint Authority may accept the field development plan subject to conditions.

Notice of decision
 (7) The Titles Administrator must notify the person in writing of the following matters as soon as practicable after the Joint Authority has made a decision to accept or reject the field development plan:
 (a) the terms of the decision;
 (b) if the Joint Authority rejects the plan—the reasons for the decision;
 (c) if the Joint Authority accepts the plan—the date on which the plan commences;
 (d) if the Joint Authority accepts the plan subject to a condition—the condition and the reason for making the acceptance subject to a condition.

Date of effect
 (8) If the Joint Authority