Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsInvitation to apply for a petroleum exploration permit
(1) The Joint Authority may, by notice published in the Gazette :
(a) invite applications for the grant by the Joint Authority of a petroleum exploration permit over the block, or any or all of the blocks, specified in the notice; and
(b) specify a period within which applications may be made.
(2) If the Joint Authority has published a notice under subsection 110(1) inviting applications for the grant of a petroleum exploration permit over a block, the block must not be specified in a notice under subsection (1) of this section at any time during the period specified in the subsection 110(1) notice.
Note: Subsection 110(1) deals with cash - bid petroleum exploration permits.
Application for petroleum exploration permit
(3) An application under this section must:
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) be accompanied by any information or documents required by the form.
(3A) If the approved form requires the application to be accompanied by information or documents, an application under this section is taken to be accompanied by the information or documents if the information or documents are given to the Joint Authority before the end of the period specified in the notice published under subsection (1).
Note 1: Part 2.10 contains additional provisions about application procedures.
Note 2: Section 256 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.
Note 3: Section 258 enables the Titles Administrator to require the applicant to give further information.
Maximum number of blocks
(4) The number of blocks specified in an application under this section must not be more than 400.
Minimum number of blocks
(5) If 16 or more blocks are available, the number of blocks specified in an application under this section must not be less than 16.
(6) If less than 16 blocks are available, the number of blocks specified in an application under this section must be the number available.
(7) Subsections (5) and (6) do not apply to applications if the Joint Authority, for reasons that the Joint Authority thinks sufficient, includes in the subsection (1) notice a direction that subsections (5) and (6) do not apply to those applications.
Attributes of blocks
(8) The blocks specified in an application under this section must be blocks that are constituted by graticular sections that:
(a) constitute a single area; and
(b) are such that each graticular section in that area has a side in common with at least one other graticular section in that area.
(9) Subsection (8) does not apply to applications if the Joint Authority, for reasons that the Joint Authority thinks sufficient, includes in the subsection (1) notice a direction that subsection (8) does not apply to those applications.