Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A petroleum production licensee must apply to the Titles Administrator for the Joint Authority to accept a variation of a field development plan if:
(a) the licensee intends to make a major change in relation to the recovery of petroleum from the field; or
(b) there is a new licensee for the licence, unless the new licensee agrees in writing to continue operations in accordance with the current accepted field development plan; or
(c) the Joint Authority has requested the licensee, under regulation 4.11, to vary the accepted field development plan.
(2) The application must be accompanied by the proposed variation.