Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 No. 28, 1994 - SECT 129

129. If:

   (a)  an exploration licence is in force under this Act; and

   (b)  the Joint Authority provisionally grants a mining licence over all or
        some of the blocks in the exploration licence area; and

   (c)  the provisional grant of the mining licence is properly accepted; and

   (d)  the mining licence comes into force; the exploration licence expires
        in relation to the blocks covered by the mining licence.