Queensland Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM ACT 1923 - SECT 77

(1) The coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder may lodge submissions about the application at—

(a) the office of the department for lodging the submissions, as stated in a gazette notice by the chief executive; or

(b) if no office is gazetted under paragraph (a)—the office of the chief executive.

(2) However, the submissions may be lodged only within 3 months after the holder is, under section 76W(1)(a), given a copy of the application (the submission period).

(3) The submissions may—

(a) include information about all or any of the following—

(i) exploration carried out under the tenement;

(ii) the results of the exploration;

(iii) the prospects for future coal or oil shale mining or incidental coal seam gas mining from the land; and

(b) include a proposal by the tenement holder for the development of coal or oil shale in the land; and

(c) include information relevant to the CSG assessment criteria; and

Editor's note—

See also division 7 (Confidentiality of information).

(d) include reasonable provisions for the safety management plan for petroleum production under the renewed lease.

Editor's note—

See also the 2004 Act, section 386 (Requirements for consultation with particular coal or oil shale mining tenement holders).

(4) The holder must give the applicant a copy of the submissions.

(5) In deciding the conditions of the lease, regard must be had to the submissions.