OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 328 Registers to be kept
OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 328
Registers to be kept(1) Each Designated Authority must keep an offshore mining register.
Note 1: The main matters entered in the register are:
- details of instruments that affect a licence (see section 337);
- details of interests in a licence that are acquired by devolution (see section 340);
- details of caveats (see section 345).
Note 2: Section 145.4 of the Criminal Code deals with offences in relation to the proper keeping of the register (for example, falsification of documents).
(2) The register for a particular Commonwealth - State offshore area is to be known as the Commonwealth - State Offshore Mining Register for that State.
(3) The register for a particular external territory offshore
area is to be known as the External Territory Offshore Mining Register for
that external territory.