Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An applicant on
whom there has been served an instrument under section 53(1) may, within
a period of 3 months after the date of service of the instrument on him,
or within such further period, not exceeding 3 months, as the Minister,
on application in writing served on him before the expiration of the
first-mentioned period of 3 months, allows, by instrument in writing
served on the Minister, request the Minister to grant to him the licence
referred to in the first-mentioned instrument.
(2) Where an applicant
on whom there has been served an instrument under section 53(1) has made
a request under subsection (1) within the period applicable under
subsection (1), the Minister shall grant to the applicant a petroleum
production licence or geothermal production licence, as the case requires, in
respect of the block or blocks as to which the Minister is satisfied as
mentioned in section 53(1)(c) or (2A)(c).
(3) A secondary
licence shall not be granted to a permittee, the holder of the drilling
reservation or lessee in respect of any one or more of the blocks that
constitute a location unless —
(a) a
primary licence has been granted in respect of a block or blocks forming part
of that location; and
(b) the
number of blocks in respect of which the primary licence was granted, together
with the number of blocks included in that licence by reason of variations of
the licence under section 55, is the primary entitlement of the
permittee, holder of the drilling reservation or lessee, as the case requires.
(4) Where an applicant
on whom there has been served an instrument under section 53(1) has not
made a request under subsection (1) within the period applicable under
subsection (1), the application lapses upon the expiration of that
period.
(5) On the day on
which a licence granted under this section comes into force, the permit,
drilling reservation or lease in respect of the blocks in respect of which the
licence was granted ceases to be in force in respect of those blocks.
[Section 54 amended by No. 12 of 1990
s. 40; No. 78 of 1990 s. 7; No. 28 of 1994 s. 27;
No. 35 of 2007 s. 49; No. 42 of 2010 s. 34.]