Applications relating to authority to prospect and petroleum lease not held by same person
318AQ Applications relating to authority to prospect and petroleum lease not held by same person
This section applies if a person to whom this part applies wishes to make an application to which this part applies—
for land in the area of each of the following—
the authority to prospect (the authority to prospect part);
a petroleum lease (the petroleum lease part); and
the authority to prospect and the petroleum lease are not held by the same person.
Note—
If the authority to prospect and the petroleum lease are held by the same person, see part 6.
The person may lodge separate mining lease applications for the authority to prospect part and the petroleum lease part.
A separate application for the authority to prospect part, or the part of an application that relates to the authority to prospect part, must be decided under this part.
A separate application for the petroleum lease part, or the part of an application that relates to the petroleum lease part, must be decided under part 5 or 6.
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