Victorian Current Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2010 - SECT 241

    (1)     If—

        (a)     an application for a petroleum access authority has been made under section 240; and

        (b)     the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary or desirable to grant the petroleum access authority for—

              (i)     the more effective exercise of the applicant's rights; or

              (ii)     the proper performance of the applicant's duties—

in the applicant's capacity as—

              (iii)     the registered holder of a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease or petroleum production licence; or

              (iv)     the holder of a State title; or

              (v)     the registered holder of a petroleum special prospecting authority—

the Minister may—

        (c)     grant the applicant a petroleum access authority; or

        (d)     by written notice given to the applicant, refuse to grant a petroleum access authority to the applicant.

    (2)     In this section "state title" has the same meaning as in section 240.

Note

Consultation procedures apply—see section 242.