Petroleum Act 1936

The applicant for any permit, license or lease may agree with the owner and occupier respectively of any private land as to the amount of compensation to be paid for the right to occupy the land in respect of which the application is made.

No such agreement shall be valid unless the same is in writing and signed by the parties thereto and filed in the Department of Mines.

[Section 21 amended: No. 8 of 1940 s. 8.]