Petroleum Act 1923

The Minister may, at any time, decide excluded land for a lease or a lease proposed to be granted under section 40.

However, the power under subsection (1) may be exercised only when the Minister is deciding whether to—

grant or renew the lease; or

approve any later development plan for the lease.

However, excluded land—

must be within any sub-block included in the area of the lease; and

can not be a whole sub-block.

For subsection (3)(a), if the register—

states that the lease’s area includes land within a block; but

does not include or exclude any particular sub-block within that block;

Excluded land may be described in a way the Minister considers appropriate, including, for example, by area or by reference to a stated type of land.

Land ceases to be excluded land for a lease if, for any reason, the sub-block in which the land is located ceases to be in the area of the lease.