S.L. 156.1 Art. 6Applications for licences.

(1) An application for a licence shall be made in writing in the form set out in the Schedule or in a form substantially similar.

The application shall be addressed to the Director and be accompanied by evidence of payment of the appropriate fee, if any, and with such information and evidence in support thereof as is referred to in the Schedule and as may be deemed appropriate in the circumstances with regard to that application.

(2) If any of the information indicated in an application changes after the application is submitted but before the closing date for receipt of applications, in the case of an application made under paragraph (a) of regulation 4(1) or before a licence is granted or refused through the application process under paragraph (b) of regulation 4(1), as the case may be, the applicant shall forthwith give notice in writing to the Director giving particulars of the change.

(3) If the Minister makes any changes to the conditions and requirements during the course of a procedure under regulation 4(1), such changes shall be notified by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(4) All information furnished to the Director in pursuance of an application for a licence shall be treated as confidential.

(5) An application for a prospection licence may only be made following the publication of a notice in accordance with paragraph

(a) of regulation 4(1).

(6) An application for a prospection licence may be made in respect of a geographical area or areas published in accordance with paragraph (a) of regulation 4(1):

Provided that the rights conferred by any prospection licence which is granted shall not be exercisable in any block or area in respect of which an exploration or an exploration and production licence granted by the Minister is for the time being in force, except with the consent of the licensee to exercise in that block or area any rights granted by that prospection licence.

(7) Nothing in this regulation shall prevent more than one application being submitted by the same entity or more than one licence being granted to it.