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Reprint as at 11 June 2009

Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Regulations 2007

(SR 2007/138)

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 28th day of May 2007

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Pursuant to section 105(1) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

3 Interpretation

4 Definition of map

5 Definition of turning points

Part 1
Documents, prescribed forms, and related matters

6 Signing of documents

7 Address of Secretary for sending of documents and things

Format requirements

8 Written documents

9 Documents must be provided to Secretary electronically

10 Headers for digital seismic survey data

11 Form specified or described on website is acceptable to Secretary

12 Secretary may dispense with regulation 9 requirements

Extensions and exemptions

13 Permit holder may apply for extension of time within which document or thing must be provided

14 Permit holder may apply for exemption from requirement to provide document or thing

Prescribed forms

15 Prescribed forms

Prescribed information

16 Prescribed information for purposes of section 90A(1) of Act

Part 2
Permit applications and notices

17 Application for prospecting permit

18 Application for exploration permit (unless allocated by public tender)

19 Application for mining permit (unless allocated by public tender)

20 Application to extend area to which permit relates

21 Application to extend duration of exploration permit (unless for purpose of discovery appraisal)

22 Application to extend duration of exploration permit for purpose of discovery appraisal

23 Application to extend duration of mining permit

24 Application for permit holder to transfer, lease, or otherwise deal with permit

25 Application to amend conditions of permit

26 Application for consent to flare or vent petroleum

27 Secretary may grant consent to flare or vent petroleum with conditions

28 Application for appointment of arbitrator in relation to access arrangement

29 Notice of surrender of permit

30 Notice of access arrangement

31 Notice of intention to carry out geochemical, gravity, magnetic, or seismic survey

32 Notice of intention to carry out well-drilling operations

33 Notice of completion of well producing, or associated with producing, petroleum

34 Notice of suspension of well-drilling operations

Part 3
Mining operations

Well-drilling operations

35 Well-drilling operations to be carried out in accordance with recognised good exploration and mining practice

Prevention of waste or loss of petroleum

36 Permit holder must avoid wasting petroleum resources

Flaring and venting of petroleum

37 Permit holder may flare or vent petroleum only in certain circumstances

Part 4
Reports, records, samples, and related matters

Half-yearly reports

38 Half-yearly report on prospecting or exploration activities

39 Half-yearly report on mining activities and production operations

40 Half-yearly report on expenditure

Reports and other documents on expiry, surrender, or revocation of permits

41 Reports and other documents on expiry or surrender of permit

42 Reports and other documents required on revocation of permit

43 Documents required if permit area partially surrendered or relinquished

Reports on surveys

44 Reports on surveys

Reports on well-drilling operations and related activities

45 Daily well-drilling report

46 Well completion report

47 Well abandonment report

48 Core analysis report

Samples to be supplied to Secretary

49 Drill cuttings

50 Core samples (other than sidewall core samples)

51 Sidewall core samples

52 Microfossil and petrographic material

Part 5
Royalty statements and royalty returns

54 Royalty statement must accompany interim royalty payment

55 Royalty returns

56 Final royalty return

57 Auditor statement

58 Royalty return if permit holder 2 or more persons

59 Permit holder must keep documents verifying royalty returns

Part 6
Miscellaneous

Disclosure of information supplied to Secretary

60 Secretary may publicly disclose petroleum reserves and production information

Revocation of Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Regulations 1999

61 Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Regulations 1999 revoked

Transitional provision

62 Transitional provision

Schedule 1
Forms

Schedule 2
Information to accompany prospecting permit or exploration permit application (unless exploration permit allocated by public tender)

Schedule 3
Information to be included in report to accompany application for mining permit (unless permit allocated by public tender)

Schedule 4
Information to be included in report to accompany application to extend duration of exploration permit for purpose of discovery appraisal

Schedule 5
Information to be included in notice of intention to carry out well-drilling operations

Schedule 6
Information to be included in half-yearly reports

Schedule 7
Information to be included in reports on surveys

Schedule 8
Well-drilling reports

Schedule 9
Royalty returns

Gazette information

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