Victorian Current Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2010 - SECT 252

    (1)     This section applies to an application for—

        (a)     the grant or renewal of a petroleum exploration permit; or

        (b)     the grant or renewal of a petroleum retention lease; or

        (c)     the grant or renewal of a petroleum production licence; or

        (d)     the grant or variation of an infrastructure licence; or

        (e)     the grant or variation of a pipeline licence; or

        (f)     the grant of a petroleum special prospecting authority.

    (2)     The application must be accompanied by the fee (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

    (3)     Different fees may be prescribed for different applications.

    (4)     A fee must not be such as to amount to taxation.

    (5)     To avoid doubt, a fee is in addition to—

        (a)     the amount that a person specifies in an application as the amount that the person is prepared to pay for—

              (i)     a cash‑bid petroleum exploration permit; or

              (ii)     a special petroleum exploration permit; or

              (iii)     a section 177 petroleum production licence; and

        (b)     the amount specified in an offer document as the amount that a person must pay for a cash‑bid petroleum exploration permit; and

        (c)     the balance specified in an offer document as the balance that a person must pay for—

              (i)     a special petroleum exploration permit; or

              (ii)     a section 177 petroleum production licence.