Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 No. 28, 1994 - SECT 23

23.(1) For the purposes of this Act, exploration for minerals includes any
activity that is directly related to the exploration for minerals.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, exploration does not include the exploration
for minerals of the subsoil of a Commonwealth-State offshore area that is
carried out by means of underground mining from State land in accordance with
any law of the State governing mineral exploration.