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 licenceIf 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
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 ).