Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts Section 43D is
amended as follows:
(a)
before “A” by inserting the subsection
designation “(1)”;
(b)
after “A” by inserting —
“ petroleum ”;
(c) at
the end of the section by inserting —
“
(2) A geothermal drilling reservation, while it remains in
force, authorises the holder of the drilling reservation, subject to this Act
and in accordance with the conditions to which the drilling reservation is
subject —
(a) to
drill for geothermal energy resources in the drilling reservation area; and
(b) to
recover geothermal energy in the drilling reservation area for the purpose of
establishing the nature and probable extent of a discovery of geothermal
energy resources; and
(c) to
carry on such operations and execute such works in the drilling reservation
area as are necessary for those purposes.
”.