Application for pipeline licence
64 Application for pipeline licence
An application for a pipeline licence, whether or not the pipeline is to convey petroleum recovered from an area within the adjacent area—
shall be in accordance with an approved form; and
shall be made in an approved manner; and
shall be accompanied by particulars of—
the proposed design and construction of the pipeline; and
the proposed size and capacity of the pipeline; and
the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure in respect of the construction of the pipeline; and
the technical qualifications of the applicant and of the applicant’s employees; and
the technical advice available to the applicant; and
the financial resources available to the applicant; and
any agreements entered into, or proposed to be entered into, by the applicant for or in relation to the supply or conveyance of petroleum by means of the pipeline; and
shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn to an approved scale, showing—
the route to be followed by the pipeline; and
the sites of pumping stations, tank stations, and valve stations to be used in connection with the pipeline; and
the site of any pumping station, tank station or valve station that the applicant desires to be declared under section 63 to be a terminal station in connection with the pipeline; and
may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider; and
shall be accompanied by a fee of $3000.
Where a notice is published in the gazette—
of an application for a pipeline licence to construct and operate a pipeline to convey petroleum recovered in a petroleum licence area by a person other than by the holder of the production licence for petroleum in the area (the licensee); or
of an application by a person other than the pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law for a pipeline licence in respect of the construction of a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a licence area of a production licence under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law;
the licensee or, as the case may be, the pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law may, within a period of 3 months after the date of publication of the notice, or within such further period, not exceeding 3 months, as the Minister, on application in writing served on him or her before the expiration of the first mentioned period of 3 months, allows, make an application for a pipeline licence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case requires, and in the application request that the application referred to in the notice be rejected.
Where—
a notice referred to in subsection (2) is published in the gazette; and
a pipeline licence is granted to the licensee or to the pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law on an application under subsection (2);
the Minister shall, by instrument in writing served on the applicant, reject the application referred to in the notice.
The Minister may, at any time, by instrument in writing served on a person who has made an application under subsection (1), require the person to furnish, within the time specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connection with the person’s application.
In this section—
pipeline operator under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law has the same meaning as in section 65.
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