Application for approval
61 Application for approval
(1) A permittee or licensee who proposes to commence any well‑related operations under the permit or licence, or the production of petroleum under a licence, must first submit to the Minister, for approval:
a well operations management plan; and
in the case of a production licence:
a field management plan; and
a petroleum surface infrastructure plan.
A plan submitted under subsection (1) must be:
in the approved form; and
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) A plan submitted under subsection (1) must include the prescribed information and comply with any guidelines published by the Minister.
(4) The Minister may give the permittee or licensee a written notice requiring further information about any matter required by regulation or guidelines to be included in the plan.
(5) A permittee or licensee must comply with a notice under subsection (4) within 14 days after the notice is given or within a longer period allowed by the Minister.
(6) A well operations management plan or petroleum surface infrastructure plan submitted under this section must be accompanied by a proposal for the petroleum infrastructure decommissioning security to be provided in connection with the plan.
(7) A field management plan submitted under this section must be accompanied by an application for the approval of a rate of recovery.
(8) A proposal or application under subsection (6) or (7) must be in the approved form.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed fee
, prescribed information
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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