OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 331 Correction of errors in the register

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 331

  (1)   Subject to subsection   ( 4), the Designated Authority may correct the register if the Designated Authority is satisfied that:

  (a)   there is an omission of an entry from the register; or

  (b)   an entry in the register should not have been made; or

  (c)   there is an error or defect in an entry in the register.

  (2)   A person may apply to the Designated Authority for correction of the register under subsection   ( 1).

  (3)   The application:

  (a)   must be in writing; and

  (b)   must specify the correction that is being requested.

  (4)   If:

  (a)   the Designated Authority intends to correct the register under subsection   ( 1); and

  (b)   the correction relates to a licence; and

  (c)   the correction is not to be made in response to an application under subsection   ( 2) by the licence holder;

the Designated Authority must notify the holder that the Designated Authority intends to correct the register.

  (5)   The notice:

  (a)   must be in writing; and

  (b)   must specify the correction the Designated Authority intends to make; and

  (c)   must invite the holder to make submissions to the Designated Authority about the proposed correction within the period specified in the notice.

  (6)   The period specified under paragraph   ( 5)(c) is to be at least 14 days after the day on which the notice is given.

  (7)   If a notice is given under subsection   ( 4):

  (a)   the Designated Authority is not to correct the register until the period specified in the notice has ended; and

  (b)   the Designated Authority is to have regard to any submissions made by the licence holder before the end of that period in exercising the power under subsection   ( 1) to correct the register.