In this Part:
"applicable document" means:
(a) an application made to the Titles Administrator or the responsible Commonwealth Minister under Chapter 3; 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, after the commencement of Part 6.10, to the responsible Commonwealth Minister under Chapter 3 or this Chapter; or
(d) a report, return or other document that relates to a block and that was given to the Titles Administrator under regulations made for the purposes of section 724; or
(e) a report, return or other document that relates to a block and that was given, before the commencement of Part 6.10, to the responsible Commonwealth Minister under:
(i) this Act; or
(ii) regulations made for the purposes of section 724.
"documentary information" means information contained in an applicable document.
"eligible 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 724; or
(e) has been given, at any time before the commencement of Part 6.10, to the responsible Commonwealth Minister;
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 an eligible sample has been made available under section 740.