Queensland Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2005 No. 3 - SECT 99

After section 938--

insert--

'(1) This section applies for a pipeline licence that became a converted licence under section 916(2)(a).

'(2) On the day the Petroleum and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 commences, the converted licence becomes a point to point pipeline licence under this Act.

'(1) This section applies for a request mentioned in section 917 that has not been decided before the day the Petroleum and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 commences.

'(2) On the day that Act commences, the request is taken to be a request for a point to point pipeline licence under this Act.

'(1) Subsection (2) applies for a water bore--

(a) drilled with the permission of the Minister under the 1923 Act, section 86; and

(b) within the area of a converted petroleum tenure.

'(2) On and from the day the Petroleum and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 commences, the water bore--

(a) is taken to be a water supply bore under this Act; and

(b) may be transferred without complying with section 288(3).

'(3) Subsection (4) applies for a water bore--

(a) drilled with the permission of the Minister under the 1923 Act, section 86; and

(b) within the area of a replacement tenure.

'(4) On and from the day the area becomes a replacement tenure, the water bore--

(a) is taken to be a water supply bore under this Act; and

(b) may be transferred without complying with section 288(3).

'(1) Until 1 July 2005, subsection (2) applies to a well or bore mentioned in section 292 instead of section 292(4)(a).

'(2) The well or bore must be plugged and abandoned under the 1923 Act, as the 1923 Act was immediately before the commencement of this section.'.