Petroleum Act 1936

the land of the Crown comprising Barrow Island reserved for a public purpose under the Land Act 1933, as reserve No. 11648 and classified as of Class “A” shall be deemed to be, and to have always been, Crown land for the purposes of this Act;

a permit to explore or license to prospect issued or granted under this Act or purporting to have been so issued or granted before the commencement of this section in respect of the land comprised in the reserve referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, shall be deemed to have been always lawfully issued or granted under this Act and a petroleum lease may be issued under this Act in respect of that land in such form and containing such additional reservations, covenants and conditions in addition to those prescribed by or under this Act as the governor approves;

subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, a permit to explore or license to prospect issued or granted under this Act before the commencement of this section in respect of an area of land that includes any land of the Crown reserved for or dedicated to any public purpose under the Land Act 1933, or any other Act, and classified as of Class “A”, and which is not Crown land within the meaning of that expression in section 4 of this Act —

shall be deemed to have been always lawfully issued or granted under this Act;

shall, subject to this Act, continue to apply to so much of the land in respect of which it is granted that is not so reserved or dedicated and so classified;

shall not apply to the land or any part thereof so reserved or dedicated and so classified, until that land or part is declared pursuant to section 5A of this Act, to be Crown land for the purposes thereof.