OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 23 Exploration
OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 23
Exploration(1) For the purposes of this Act, exploration for minerals includes any activity that is directly related to the exploration for minerals.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, exploration does not include
the exploration for minerals of the subsoil of a Commonwealth - State offshore
area that is carried out by means of underground mining from State land in
accordance with any law of the State governing mineral exploration.