South Australian Current Regulations

ENERGY RESOURCES REGULATIONS 2013 - SCHEDULE 3

Schedule 3—Transitional provisions

2—Transitional provisions

Pursuant to clause 3(2) of the Schedule of the Act—

            (a)         section 15 of the repealed Act applies, to the exclusion of the corresponding provisions of the Act, to an application for a petroleum exploration licence that was received by the Director-General under the repealed Act before 1 March 1999 and was not finally dealt with under that Act before the commencement of these regulations; and

            (b)         section 18 of the repealed Act applies, to the exclusion of the corresponding provisions of the Act, in relation to the renewal of—

                  (i)         an exploration licence granted as a petroleum exploration licence under the repealed Act before the commencement of these regulations; and

                  (ii)         an exploration licence granted after the commencement of these regulations pursuant to an application received by the Director-General under the repealed Act before 1 March 1999; and

            (c)         section 32 of the repealed Act continues to apply to a production licence granted as a petroleum production licence under the repealed Act before the commencement of these regulations so as to allow application to be made under that section for the renewal of the licence at the expiration of its term (but without derogating from the operation of section 41 of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 ).

3—Transitional provision—statement of environmental objectives

        (1)         Pursuant to section 138(4) of the Act, if, before the relevant day, a statement of environmental objectives has been prepared but not yet submitted to the Minister for approval—

            (a)         the environmental impact report that forms the basis for the statement of environmental objectives need only comply with the requirements of the Act as in force before the relevant day; and

            (b)         the statement of environmental objectives and any application to the Minister for approval of the statement need only comply with the requirements of the Act as in force before the relevant day; and

            (c)         the Minister must determine any application received for the approval of the statement of environmental objectives in accordance with the provisions of the Act as in force before the relevant day.

        (2)         In this clause—

relevant day means the day on which this clause comes into operation.