Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the renewal application covers blocks in an external territory offshore area.
(2) If the applicant does not do what is required by sections 101 to 106, the responsible Commonwealth Minister (as the Joint Authority for the offshore area) must refuse to renew the licence.
(3) If:
(a) the applicant does what is required by sections 101 to 106; and
(b) the applicant has complied with:
(i) this Act; and
(ii) the regulations; and
(iii) the licence conditions;
the responsible Commonwealth Minister (as the Joint Authority for that offshore area) must provisionally renew the exploration licence.
Note 1: Under section 89, the renewal of the licence cannot be effective before it is registered (see section 334 for registration). The renewal will not be registered until it has been properly accepted (see section 114 for proper acceptance ).
Note 2: Under section 118, new conditions may be imposed on renewal.
(4) If:
(a) subsection (2) does not require the responsible Commonwealth Minister to refuse to renew the licence; and
(b) subsection (3) does not require the responsible Commonwealth Minister to provisionally renew the licence;
the responsible Commonwealth Minister (as the Joint Authority for that offshore area) may:
(c) provisionally renew the licence; or
(d) refuse to renew the licence.
Note: Under section 89, the renewal of the licence cannot be effective before it is registered (see section 334 for registration). The renewal will not be registered until it has been properly accepted (see section 114 for proper acceptance ).