Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 107

    If:

  (a)   an applicant has been given an offer document under section   105; and

  (b)   the applicant has made a request under section   260 in relation to the offer document within the period applicable under that section;

the Joint Authority must grant the applicant a petroleum exploration permit over the block or blocks specified in the offer document.

Note:   If the applicant does not make a request under section   260 within the period applicable under that section, the application lapses at the end of that period--see subsection   260(4).