(1) Where a licence
(in this section called the original licence ) is in force in respect of 2 or
more blocks (not being blocks that form, or form part of, a location), the
licensee may make an application to the Minister for the grant to him of 2 or
more licences in respect of the blocks the subject of the original licence in
exchange for the original licence.
(2) An application
under subsection (1) —
[(a) deleted]
(b)
shall be made in an approved manner; and
(c)
shall specify the number of licences required; and
(d)
shall specify the block or blocks the subject of the original licence in
respect of which each licence is sought; and
(e)
shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
[(3) deleted]
(4) Where a licensee
has made an application under this section, the Minister shall grant to the
licensee production licences for petroleum in accordance with the application.
(5) A licence granted
on an application under this section —
(a)
remains in force, subject to this Part, but notwithstanding section 53, for
the remainder of the term of the original licence; and
(b)
shall be granted subject to conditions corresponding as nearly as may be to
the conditions to which the original licence was subject.
(6) Where licences are
granted on an application under this section —
(a) the
original licence is, by force of this subsection, determined; and
(b) the
determination has effect on and from the day on which those licences come into
force.
[Section 51 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 185; No. 28
of 1994 s. 98; No. 42 of 2010 s. 106.]