South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts27—Amendment of section 35—Grant of production licence
(1)
Section 35(1)(a)—delete "has been discovered" and substitute:
exists
(2) Section 35(1)(b)
and (c)—delete paragraphs (b) and (c) and substitute:
(b) the
person holds, or held at the time of the application for the production
licence—
(i)
an exploration licence or a retention licence over the
area for which the production licence is to be granted; or
(ii)
a mining tenement under the Mining Act 1971 over the
area for which the production licence is to be granted; and
(c)
—
(i)
in a case where paragraph (b)(i) applies—the
exploration licence authorised exploration for a regulated resource of the
relevant kind or the retention licence was granted for a regulated resource of
the relevant kind;
(ii)
in a case where paragraph (b)(ii) applies—the
mining tenement authorised operations for exploration for or the recovery of
coal and the production licence is to be granted for in situ gasification or
coal seam methane production (and other related activities as the Minister
considers appropriate); and
(3)
Section 35(3)(a)(i)—delete "has been discovered" and substitute:
exists
(4)
Section 35(3)—after "for the grant" insert:
of
(5)
Section 35—after subsection (3) insert:
(4) Subsections (1)(b)
and (c) do not apply if the application is for a gas storage licence.