Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:4
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Character Range: 321020–322460

4                  any other application for renewal of a petroleum exploration permit                                                                                                Yes                                                  No                                                   Yes, so long as the standard halving rules do not prevent the renewal

Note: Under clause 23 of Schedule 6 to this Act, the reference in item 1 of the table to subsection 104(1) of this Act includes a reference to subsection 20(1) of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.
 (3) Despite subsection (2):
 (a) the standard halving rules in section 123; and
 (b) the modified halving rules in section 124;
do not apply to an application for renewal of a petroleum exploration permit if:
 (c) the permit was granted on the basis that an area (the relevant area) was within the offshore area of a State or the Northern Territory; and
 (d) as a result of a change to the boundary of the coastal waters of the State or Territory, the relevant area:
 (i) ceased to be within the offshore area of the State or Territory; and
 (ii) fell within the coastal waters of the State or Territory; and
 (e) immediately before the change, the relevant area was a part of the permit area.
 (4) For the purposes of subsection (3):
 (a) disregard section 283; and
 (b) it is immaterial whether the change occurred before, at or after the commencement of this subsection.