Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
Commonwealth instrument means an instrument under
the Commonwealth Act that confers, in relation to the offshore area, some or
all of the rights that a petroleum mining instrument confers in relation to
the adjacent area;
petroleum mining instrument means a permit, lease,
licence, infrastructure licence or pipeline licence.
(2) This section
applies to a change to the boundary of the adjacent area whether occurring
before, on or after the day on which the Petroleum and Energy Legislation
Amendment Act 2010 section 67 comes into operation.
(3) If —
(a) a
petroleum mining instrument has been granted on the basis that an area (the
first area ) is within the adjacent area; and
(b) as a
result of a change to the boundary of the adjacent area the first area —
(i)
ceases to be within the adjacent area; and
(ii)
falls within the offshore area,
this Act applies in
relation to the petroleum mining instrument as if the first area were still
within the adjacent area.
(4) Subsection (3)
continues to apply to the first area only while the petroleum mining
instrument remains in force.
(5) If —
(a) a
Commonwealth instrument has been granted on the basis that an area (the second
area ) is within the offshore area; and
(b) as a
result of a change to the boundary of the adjacent area the second area
—
(i)
ceases to be within the offshore area; and
(ii)
falls within the adjacent area,
then, so far as the
Commonwealth instrument is concerned, this Act does not apply to the second
area.
(6) Subsection (5)
continues to apply to the second area only while the Commonwealth instrument
remains in force.
[Section 6A inserted No. 42 of 2010 s. 67;
amended: No. 7 of 2017 s. 27.]