Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 No. 28, 1994 - SECT 17

17.(1) This is how a block is constituted in an offshore area:

   (a)  assume that there is laid over the offshore area a grid constituted
        by:

        (i)    lines running along meridians drawn through each degree of
               longitude and the minutes between those degrees; and

        (ii)   lines running along parallels drawn through each degree of
               latitude and the minutes between those degrees;

   (b)  take a bounded space defined by the grid;

   (c)  the seabed and subsoil within the offshore area that is under that
        space is a block in the offshore area.

(2) The following diagram shows how a block is constituted: Note: Each block
is identified by giving the name of the plan in the 1:1,000,000 map series, an
identifying number of the 5 minute primary block and a letter identifying the
1 minute block. The block in the diagram is 1621(a) on the Darwin sheet.