Western Australian Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 35 OF 2007) - SECT 8

8 .         Section 7A amended

        (1)         Section 7A(2) is amended as follows:

            (a)         after “petroleum pool” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal resources area ”;

            (b)         after “being a pool” by inserting —

                “ or area ”;

            (c)         after “any petroleum” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal energy ”.

        (2)         Section 7A(3) is amended as follows:

            (a)         after “pool” in each place where it occurs by inserting —

                “ or geothermal resources area ”;

            (b)         after “and petroleum” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal energy ”;

            (c)         after “all petroleum” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal energy ”.

        (3)         Section 7A(5) is amended as follows:

            (a)         after “pool” in each place where it occurs by inserting —

                “ or geothermal resources area ”;

            (b)         by deleting “petroleum, and petroleum” and inserting instead —

“
                petroleum, or to explore for geothermal energy resources or recover geothermal energy, and petroleum or geothermal energy

”;

            (c)         after “all petroleum” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal energy ”.

        (4)         Section 7A(7) is amended as follows:

            (a)         in paragraphs (a) and (c) after “pool” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal resources area ”;

            (b)         in paragraph (a) by deleting “petroleum;” and inserting instead —

“
                petroleum, or to explore for geothermal energy resources or recover geothermal energy; and

”;

            (c)         in paragraph (c) after “petroleum” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal energy ”;

            (d)         after “all petroleum” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal energy ”.

        (5)         Section 7A(8)(c) is amended after “pool” by inserting —

                “ or geothermal resources area ”.