Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 85 OFFSHORE MINERALS (DATA LODGMENT AND REPORTING) REGULATIONS - REG 2

2. The purpose of these Regulations is to ensure that data and samples
gathered during, and reports prepared in respect of, offshore mineral
exploration by a licence holder under the Act are available (subject to the
confidentiality provisions of the Act) for use in geoscientific and
environmental research (including any kind of commercial exploration), by
providing a system for:

   (a)  lodgment of the data and samples in a repository; and

   (b)  preparation and lodgment of the reports. (NOTES: 1. Each State and
        Territory maintains a repository for data and samples obtained in the
        course of exploration in its own coastal waters, and the offshore area
        beyond. The Commonwealth maintains a repository to hold both data and
        samples obtained in the course of exploration in the offshore areas
        for which it is responsible, and duplicate data and samples from all
        other offshore areas. 2. In regard to confidentiality, see in
        particular sections 374 to 376 and 416 of the Act.)