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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 711

Definitions

    In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

"applicable document" means:

  (aa)   an application made to the Titles Administrator under Chapter   2; or

  (ab)   a document accompanying such an application; or

  (ac)   a report, return or other document that relates to a block and was given to the Titles Administrator under:

  (i)   Chapter   2 or this Chapter; or

  (ii)   regulations made for the purposes of section   698; or

  (a)   an application made on or after 7   March 2000 and before the commencement of Part   6.10 to the Designated Authority under:

  (i)   this Act; or

  (ii)   the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 ; or

  (b)   a document accompanying such an application; or

  (c)   a report, return or other document that relates to a block and that was given on or after 7   March 2000 and before the commencement of Part   6.10 to the Designated Authority under:

  (i)   this Act; or

  (ii)   regulations made for the purposes of section   698 of this Act; or

  (iii)   the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 ; or

  (iv)   regulations made for the purposes of section   122A of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 .

"documentary information" means information contained in an applicable document.

"petroleum mining sample" means:

  (a)   a core or cutting from, or a sample of, the seabed or subsoil; or

  (b)   a sample of petroleum recovered; or

  (c)   a sample of fluid recovered (other than fluid petroleum);

that:

  (d)   has been given at any time to the Titles Administrator under regulations made for the purposes of section   698; or

  (e)   has been given, at any time before the commencement of Part   6.10, to the Designated Authority;

and includes a portion of such a core, cutting or sample.

"recipient Minister" means:

  (a)   a Minister; or

  (b)   a Minister of a State; or

  (c)   a Minister of the Northern Territory;

to whom documentary information or a petroleum mining sample has been made available under section   714.


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