Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982

An application for a pipeline licence—

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 his 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 62 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 the prescribed fee.

Where a notice is published in the Gazette—

of an application by a person other than the licensee for a pipeline licence in respect of the construction of a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum recovered in a licence area; 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 three months after the date of publication of the notice, or within such further period, not exceeding three months, as the Minister, on application in writing served on him before the expiration of the firstmentioned period of three 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 this section, require him to furnish, within the time specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connection with his application.

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