Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 5(1)
is amended by deleting the definitions of “access authority”,
“drilling reservation”, “lease”,
“licence”, “permit”, “permit area” and
“special prospecting authority”.
(2) Section 5(1)
is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical positions —
“
“access authority” means —
(a) a
petroleum access authority; or
(b) a
geothermal access authority;
“approved development plan” , in
relation to a geothermal production licence, means the geothermal energy
recovery development plan approved under section 62A that applies to the
licence and includes that plan as varied under section 62B;
“drilling reservation”
means —
(a) a
petroleum drilling reservation; or
(b) a
geothermal drilling reservation;
“geothermal access authority” means a
geothermal access authority under Part III;
“geothermal drilling reservation”
means a geothermal drilling reservation referred to in section 43D(2);
“geothermal energy” means thermal
energy that results from natural geological processes and is contained in
geothermal energy resources;
“geothermal energy resources” means
subsurface rock or other subterranean substances that contain geothermal
energy and, where the context so requires, includes the geothermal energy
contained in those resources;
“geothermal exploration permit” means
a permit issued under section 38(2);
“geothermal lease area” means the area
constituted by the blocks that are the subject of a
geothermal retention lease;
“geothermal lessee” means the
registered holder of a geothermal retention lease;
“geothermal licensee” means the
registered holder of a geothermal production licence;
“geothermal permit area” means the
area constituted by the blocks that are the subject of a geothermal
exploration permit;
“geothermal permittee” means the
registered holder of a geothermal exploration permit;
“geothermal production licence” means
a geothermal production licence under Part III;
“geothermal resources area” means a
discrete area that contains geothermal energy resources;
"geothermal retention lease" means a geothermal
retention lease under Part III;
"geothermal special prospecting authority" means a
geothermal special prospecting authority under Part III;
“lease” means —
(a) a
petroleum retention lease; or
(b) a
geothermal retention lease;
“licence” means —
(a)
petroleum production licence; or
(b) a
geothermal production licence;
“permit” means —
(a) a
petroleum exploration permit; or
(b) a
geothermal exploration permit;
“permit area” means —
(a) a
petroleum permit area; or
(b) a
geothermal permit area;
“petroleum access authority” means a
petroleum access authority under Part III;
“petroleum drilling reservation” means
a petroleum drilling reservation referred to in section 43D(1);
“petroleum exploration permit” means a
permit issued under section 38(1);
“petroleum lease area” means the area
constituted by the blocks that are the subject of a petroleum retention lease;
“petroleum lessee” means the
registered holder of a petroleum retention lease;
“petroleum licensee” means the
registered holder of a petroleum production licence;
“petroleum permit area” means the area
constituted by the blocks that are the subject of a petroleum exploration
permit;
“petroleum permittee” means the
registered holder of a petroleum exploration permit;
“petroleum production licence” means a
petroleum production licence under Part III;
“petroleum retention lease” means a
petroleum retention lease under Part III;
“petroleum special prospecting
authority” means a petroleum special prospecting authority under
Part III;
“recovery” , of geothermal energy,
includes the recovery of any geothermal energy resources necessary to recover
geothermal energy;
“special prospecting authority”
means —
(a) a
petroleum special prospecting authority; or
(b) a
geothermal special prospecting authority;
”.
(3) Section 5(1)
is amended as follows:
(a) in
the definition of “application for a primary licence” after
“an application” by inserting —
“
for the grant or variation of a petroleum production
licence
”;
(b) in
the definition of “primary entitlement” —
(i)
by deleting paragraph (a) and “and”
after that paragraph and inserting instead —
“
(a) in relation to a permittee, the number of
blocks —
(i)
forming part of a location in the permit area in respect
of which that permittee may make an application under section 50(1); or
(ii)
forming a location in the permit area in respect of which
that permittee may make an application under section 50(1a);
and
”;
(ii)
in paragraph (b) after
“section 50A(1)” by inserting —
“ or (1a) ”;
(c) in
the definition of “well” —
(i)
after “for petroleum” by
inserting —
“ or geothermal energy resources ”;
(ii)
after “of petroleum” by
inserting —
“ or geothermal energy ”.