Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where a dispute
arises between a licensee or permittee under the
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 and any person duly
authorised to mine or search for minerals by virtue of a mining tenement or
other authority under this Act or the repealed Act concerning any operations
carried out or proposed to be carried out by the licensee or permittee or such
person on any land within the boundaries of the area in respect of which the
licence or permit was granted to the licensee or permittee, the licensee or
the permittee or such person or both of them may refer the matter to the
warden for inquiry and report, and the warden shall, as soon as practicable
after such reference, inquire into the dispute and report thereon to the
Minister.
(2) Upon receipt of
the warden’s report the Minister may make such order and give such
directions to the licensee or the permittee or such person or to both of them
as in the public interest and in the circumstances of the case may seem to him
to be just and equitable and by such order may direct the payment by the
licensee or the permittee or such person or both of them of any costs and
expenses incidental to the conduct of the inquiry.
(3) If the licensee or
the permittee or such person fails or neglects to comply with any such order
or directions, the Minister may cancel the licence, the permit or the mining
tenement or other authority (if any) held by such person.
(4) In this section
—
(a) a
reference to a licence or permit includes a reference to a drilling
reservation or lease; and
(b) a
reference to a licensee or permittee includes a reference to the registered
holder of a drilling reservation or lease.
[Section 159 amended: No. 35 of 2007 s. 100(5) and
(6).]