{"id":"F1996B02122","name":"Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations","slug":"offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"52 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29214,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1996B02122-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations","content":"Statutory Rules 1994 No. 521\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nOffshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations\n\nI, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Act 1981.\n\nDated 4 March 1994.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nD. BEDDALL\n\nMinister for Resources\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations.\n\n\\[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48\\]\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“the Act” means the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Act 1981.\n\nAmount of mining licence fee\n\n3. For the purposes of subsection 4 (1) of the Act, the amount of a mining licence fee for a year of the term of the licence is the amount calculated by multiplying $200 by the number of blocks covered by the licence at the beginning of that year.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNOTE\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 March 1994.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":3145},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of specifying the monetary amount for mining licence fees, without expanding into procedural, enforcement, or other regulatory domains."},"complexity_factors":["Only three operative sections","Single defined term ('the Act')","Simple arithmetic formula ($200 × number of blocks) with no conditions, exceptions, or escalations","No procedural rules, compliance requirements, or penalty provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the annual charge for holding offshore mining licences in Commonwealth waters at $200 per licence block, calculated each year based on the number of blocks held. It applies to holders of licences under the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Act 1981 and establishes the base cost companies pay to retain offshore mining rights."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations","history":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations/documents"}}