Petroleum Act 1923

This section applies if—

before the commencement of this section, the holder of an authority to prospect was given, under section 25F, a notice (the notice) of the approval of a proposed later work program for the authority; and

the notice was given to the holder of the authority after the start of the period of the proposed program as stated in the proposed program.

For an Act, the approval has effect, and is taken to have had effect, from—

the start of the period; or

if the notice stated a later day of effect—the later day.

The notice is, and is taken always to have been, valid and effective—

even though the notice was given after the commencement of the period stated for the proposed program; and

whether or not the notice purported, expressly or impliedly, to approve the carrying out of work under the program before the approval was given; and

regardless of the extent to which section 25E(2)(c) and (d) was complied with.Example for paragraph (c)—It does not matter if a work program was considered under section 25E(2)(c) but was not current at the time of its consideration.

This section applies despite part 4, division 2.