Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 85 OFFSHORE MINERALS (DATA LODGMENT AND REPORTING) REGULATIONS - REG 5

5. (1) An exploration report may be in any form agreed to by the relevant
Designated Authority.

(2) In an exploration report, a licence holder may provide geophysical data:

   (a)  in the form of a transparency or film; or

   (b)  on paper; or

   (c)  in digital form.

(3) If a licence holder provides geophysical data in the form of a
transparency or film, there must be included in the report a printed copy of
the data of appropriate size and at a scale to enable the data to be easily
read, located and interpreted.

(4) If a licence holder provides geophysical data on paper, there must be
included in the report a copy of an observer log relating to the data.

(5) If a licence holder provides geophysical data in digital form, the licence
holder must provide the data:

   (a)  on tape or floppy disk or another computer medium agreed to by the
        relevant Designated Authority; and

   (b)  in SEGY format or another format agreed to by the relevant Designated
        Authority.