{"id":"F2018L01241","name":"Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations 2018","slug":"offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439757,"registerId":"F2018L01241-fast-fetch-1775955656654","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations 2018","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nOffshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations 2018\n\nI, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated 30 August 2018\n\nPeter Cosgrove\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nMatt Canavan\n\nMinister for Resources and Northern Australia\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\n6 Amount of mining licence fee\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nOffshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations 2018.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 1 September 2018\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Act 1981.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Act 1981.\n\n6  Amount of mining licence fee\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 4(2) of the Act, the amount of the fee in respect of a year of the term of a mining licence is the amount obtained by multiplying $200 by the number of blocks covered by the licence at the beginning of the year.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nOffshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: setting the specific dollar amount for mining licence fees. The 2018 version maintains the same scope as previous iterations, simply updating the legislative vehicle and confirming the $200 per block rate."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","Single, simple mathematical formula for fee calculation with no exceptions or conditions","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No nested provisions, subsections with multiple paragraphs, or conditional logic","Straightforward repeal of predecessor instrument in Schedule 1"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets a simple annual fee for Commonwealth offshore mining licences: $200 per seabed “block” covered by the licence, payable each year. It affects companies holding licences under the Offshore Minerals Act 1994 (in waters beyond state/territory boundaries) and is administered by the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia. The fee is charged based on the number of blocks at the start of each year and replaces earlier regulations."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Schedule 1 repeals the previous Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations and this instrument replaces them by prescribing a single per‑block annual fee ($200 × number of blocks at the beginning of the year) (s6, Schedule 1). The instrument therefore replaces prior regulatory detail with a narrow, formulaic fee provision and associated commencement and authority clauses (s2–s4, s6)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple numerical formula for the fee: $200 multiplied by the number of blocks (s6).","Calculation depends on a single timing rule: blocks covered at the beginning of the year (s6) — creates a clear operational cut‑off but potential boundary questions.","Narrow subject matter: only sets licence fee amount rather than broader regulatory duties (whole instrument).","Made under and tied to the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Act 1981 (s3) — requires reading the Act for broader context.","Repeals the prior regulations wholesale (Schedule 1), so implementation requires transition from the earlier instrument.","Commencement set out in a table with a specific date (s2) — administrative clarity but necessitates attention to retrospective timing in record‑keeping."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the annual fee for offshore mining licences at $200 per block, calculated using the number of blocks the licence covers at the start of each licence year (s6). It applies to holders of offshore mining licences under the Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Act 1981. The instrument also repeals the earlier Offshore Minerals (Mining Licence Fees) Regulations and commenced on 1 September 2018."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/offshore-minerals-mining-licence-fees-regulations-2018/documents"}}