(1) A permit may be
granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in
the permit.
(1A) Subsection (1)
does not apply to a boundary-change permit.
(2) The conditions
referred to in subsection (1) may include conditions with respect to —
(a) work
to be carried out by the permittee in or in relation to the permit area during
the term of the permit; or
(b)
amounts to be expended by the permittee in the carrying out of such work; or
(c) both
those matters,
and the conditions may
require the permittee to comply with directions given in accordance with the
permit concerning the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(3) The Minister may,
by written notice given to the permittee, vary a boundary-change permit by
imposing one or more conditions to which the permit is subject.
(4) A notice under
subsection (3) may only be given within 14 days after the grant of the
boundary-change permit.
(5) A variation under
subsection (3) takes effect on the day on which notice of the variation is
given to the permittee.
(6) If —
(a) a
boundary-change permit is granted; and
(b) the
relevant Commonwealth permit that ceases to be in force, as mentioned in
section 27A(3)(b) or (4)(b), is of a kind that corresponds to a permit granted
under section 22(4) or 27,
any or all of the
conditions mentioned in subsection (7) may be specified in —
(c) the
boundary-change permit; or
(d) a
permit granted by way of the renewal of the boundary-change permit.
(7) The following
conditions are specified for the purposes of subsection (6) —
(a)
conditions requiring the permittee to carry out work in, or in relation to,
the permit area (including conditions requiring the permittee to carry out the
work during a period of 12 months or longer, or during periods each of which
is 12 months or longer);
(b)
conditions relating to the amounts that the permittee must spend in carrying
out such work;
(c)
conditions requiring the permittee to comply with directions that —
(i)
relate to the matters covered by paragraphs (a) and (b);
and
(ii)
are given in accordance with the permit.
(8) Subsection (6)
does not limit subsection (3).
(9) If —
(a) a
boundary-change permit is granted; and
(b) the
relevant Commonwealth permit that ceases to be in force, as mentioned in
section 27A(3)(b) or (4)(b), is a cash-bid petroleum exploration permit, as
defined in the Commonwealth Act section 7,
the conditions
mentioned in subsection (10) must not be specified in —
(c) the
boundary-change permit; or
(d) a
permit granted by way of the renewal of the boundary-change permit.
(10) The following
conditions are specified for the purposes of subsection (9) —
(a)
conditions requiring the permittee to carry out work in, or in relation to,
the permit area;
(b)
conditions requiring the permittee to spend particular amounts on the carrying
out of work in, or in relation to, the permit area.
[Section 33 amended: No. 7 of 2017 s. 37.]