MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 201 201 Chief executive may correct register

MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 201

(1) The chief executive may correct the register if satisfied—

(a) the register is incorrect; and

(b) the correction will not prejudice any rights recorded in the register of a resource authority holder, a person who holds an interest in a resource authority, a person who has lodged a caveat, or a party to a coordination arrangement.

(2) The power to correct includes power to correct information in the register or a document forming part of the register.

(3) If the register is corrected, the chief executive must record in it—

(a) the state of the register before the correction; and

(b) the time, date and circumstances of the correction.

(4) A correction under this section has the same effect as if the relevant error had not been made.

(5) For subsection (1)(b), a right is not prejudiced if the relevant person acquired or has dealt with the right with actual or constructive knowledge that the register was incorrect and how it was incorrect.