Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment (Low-impact Prospecting Titles) Regulation 2000 (2000-534) [GG No 112 of 1.9.2000, p 9244] (NSW)

2000 No 534

Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment New South Wales

(Low-impact Prospecting Titles)

Regulation 2000

under the

Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991.

The Hon EDWARD OBEID, M.L.C.,

Minister for Mineral Resources

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to prohibit the grant of a low-impact prospecting title during the period of 4 months following service of notice of the application for the title, under section 45D of the Act, on representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies (determined under the Commonwealth Native Title Act 1993) for the area in which land that will be affected by operations under the title is situated. This Regulation is made under section 45D (4) of the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991.

Published in Gazette No 112 of 1 September 2000, page 9244	Page 1
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Clause 1	Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment (Low-impact Prospecting Titles) Regulation 2000

Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment (Low-impact
Prospecting Titles) Regulation 2000

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment (Low-impact
Prospecting Titles) Regulation 2000.

2 Amendment of Petroleum (Onshore) Regulation 1997

The Petroleum (Onshore) Regulation 1997 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

2000 No 534

Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment (Low-impact Prospecting Titles)

Regulation 2000

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 11A

Insert after clause 11A:

11B	Applications for low-impact prospecting titles: section 45D
(1) A low-impact prospecting title is not to be granted during the period of 4 months following service of notice of the application for the title on the representative bodies referred to in section 45D (1) (c) of the Act.
(2) This clause extends to applications made, but not granted,

before the commencement of this clause.

BY AUTHORITY