Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 No. 28, 1994 - SECT 8

8.(1) If:

   (a)  a mining licence takes effect immediately after an exploration licence
        expires; and

   (b)  the holder of the mining licence immediately after it takes effect was
        the holder of the exploration licence immediately before it expired;
        the mining licence is a successor licence to the exploration licence.

(2) If:

   (a)  a retention licence takes effect immediately after an exploration
        licence expires; and

   (b)  the holder of the retention licence immediately after it takes effect
        was the holder of the exploration licence immediately before it
        expired; the retention licence is a successor licence to the
        exploration licence.

(3) If:

   (a)  a mining licence takes effect immediately after a retention licence
        expires; and

   (b)  the retention licence took effect immediately after an exploration
        licence expired; and

   (c)  the holder of the mining licence immediately after it takes effect was
        the holder of the retention licence immediately before it expired; and

   (d)  the holder of the retention licence immediately after it took effect
        was the holder of the exploration licence immediately before it
        expired; the mining licence is a successor licence to the exploration
        licence and the retention licence.