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 161 to 163, the responsible Commonwealth Minister (as the Joint Authority for the offshore area) must refuse to renew the licence.
(3) If the applicant does what is required by sections 161 to 163, the responsible Commonwealth Minister (as the Joint Authority for that offshore area) may:
(a) provisionally renew the licence; or
(b) subject to section 168, refuse to renew the licence.
Note 1: Under section 155, 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 173 for proper acceptance ).
Note 2: Under section 177, new conditions may be imposed on renewal.