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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT - SECT 87A

Minister may make corrections to register

    (1)     The Minister may alter the register for the purposes of correcting a clerical error or an obvious defect in it.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may, on application being made in writing to him by a person or of his own motion, make such entries in the register as he considers appropriate for the purposes of ensuring that the register accurately records the interests and rights existing in relation to a title.

    (3)     Where the Minister proposes to make an entry in the register in accordance with subsection (2), he shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice:

        (a)     setting out the terms of the entry that he proposes to make; and

        (b)     inviting interested persons to give to him by such day as is specified in the notice, being a day not earlier than 45 days after the publication of the notice, submissions in writing relating to the making of the entry.

    (4)     Where submissions are, in accordance with a notice under subsection (3), given to the Minister in relation to the proposed making of an entry in the register, he shall:

        (a)     take those submissions into account before making an entry in the register; and

        (b)     after making an entry in the register, cause to be published in the Gazette a notice setting out the terms of the entry.



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