Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BARROW ISLAND ROYALTY VARIATION AGREEMENT ACT 1985 - SECT 5

5 .         Legal character of Barrow Island lease preserved

        (1)         In this section — 

        the Barrow Island lease means the petroleum lease dated 27 February 1967 granted under the Petroleum Act 1936  ² and registered as Number 1H and named “Barrow Island” pursuant to that Act.

        (2)         Nothing in this Act or the Government Agreements Act 1979 shall give the force, effect or character of a written law to — 

            (a)         the provisions inserted into the Barrow Island lease by the Agreement; or

            (b)         the provisions of the Agreement incorporated by reference into the Barrow Island lease by the Agreement.

        (3)         The Barrow Island lease as varied and affected by the Agreement shall remain, and shall retain the character and incidents of, a petroleum lease under the provisions of the Petroleum Act 1936  ² as they are deemed to subsist and enure, with modifications, under sections 134 and 134A of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 .

        [Section 5 amended by No. 35 of 2007 s. 91(3)]

                [Part III omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]