Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsScope
(1) This section applies if a transfer of a petroleum retention lease is registered under section 479:
(a) after an application has been made under section 343 for the grant of a greenhouse gas holding lease over a block or blocks in relation to which the petroleum retention lease is in force; and
(b) before any action has been taken by the responsible Commonwealth Minister under section 344 in relation to the application.
Transferee to be treated as applicant
(2) After the transfer, sections 344 and 345 and Part 3.8 have effect in relation to the application as if any reference in those sections and that Part to the applicant were a reference to the transferee.