Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MINERALS (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1981 No. 81, 1981 - SECT 28

28. (1) A permittee may, from time to time, make an application to the
Designated Authority for the renewal of the permit by the Joint Authority in
respect of such of the blocks the subject of the permit as are specified in
the application in accordance with section 29.

(2) An application for the renewal of the permit -

   (a)  shall be in accordance with an approved form;

   (b)  subject to sub-section (3), shall be made in an approved manner not
        less than 1 month before the date of expiration of the permit;

   (c)  shall be accompanied by particulars of -

        (i)    the work carried out in, and the amounts expended in respect
               of, the permit area during the term of the permit up to and
               including the date of the application; and

        (ii)   the proposals of the applicant for work and expenditure in
               respect of the blocks specified in the application;

   (d)  may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes to be
        considered; and

   (e)  shall be accompanied by a fee of $300.

(3) The Designated Authority may, for reasons that he thinks sufficient,
receive an application for the renewal of the permit less than 1 month before,
but not in any case after, the date of expiration of the permit.

(4) Where the renewal of the permit is not granted on the application, an
amount equal to nine-tenths of the fee paid in accordance with sub-section (2)
shall be refunded to the applicant.