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OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 63 Commonwealth - State offshore area--Joint Authority may provisionally grant exploration licence

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 63

Commonwealth - State offshore area--Joint Authority may provisionally grant exploration licence

    If the Designated Authority for a Commonwealth - State offshore area refers the application to the Joint Authority under section   62, the Joint Authority may:

  (a)   provisionally grant an exploration licence to the applicant; or

  (b)   refuse the application.

Note:   Under section   88, the grant of the licence cannot be effective before it is registered (see section   333 for registration). The grant will not be registered until it has been properly accepted (see section   70 for proper acceptance ).