Div 4General provisions

Division 4—General provisions 50—Form of reports (1) Subject to any specific requirement in another regulation, a report or other information required under this Part (including information referred to in a report under this Part) must be provided in a manner and form determined or approved by the Minister. (2) If a report or other information is provided in electronic form, the person providing the report or other information must also, at the same time, provide a transmittal note in a form determined by the Minister that— (a) identifies the activity to which the report or information relates, including the name and number of the well, and the date of data acquisition (if relevant); and (b) in the case of seismic data, identifies the seismic survey name and the seismic line names; and (c) provides an electronic file name and a relevant file date, and identifies the relevant electronic format, in order to facilitate electronic access to the report or other information; and (d) describes the information or data contained in the relevant file or files. 51—Form of information in reports and corrections (1) Information provided in or in association with a report under this Part must— (b) state any limitations that apply, or should apply, to the use of the information; and (c) identify any matter in relation to which there is a significant lack of relevant information or a significant degree of uncertainty; and (d) so far as is relevant, identify the sensitivity to change of any assumption that has been made and any significant risks that may arise if an assumption is later found to be incorrect; and (e) so far as is reasonably practicable, be presented in a way that allows a person assessing the information to understand how conclusions have been reached. (2) If information provided in or in association with a report is found to contain errors or omissions, the person who provided the information must immediately correct or provide the information (as the case may require). 52—Availability of information (1) The Minister will determine the places where documents or data available for public inspection under this Part will be so available. (2) The Minister will determine whether a document or data available for public inspection under this Part may be copied and, if so, the amount of a copying fee. (3) Despite a preceding provision of this Part, and subject to subregulation (3a), data or a report that is to be made available for public inspection after a specified period may, in any event, be made available for public inspection if or when the relevant licence expires or is surrendered or cancelled under the Act. (3a) Subregulation (3) does not apply to data or a report that relates to a speculative survey licence. (4) Without limiting any other provision, the Minister may make available for public inspection (or otherwise release) production, sales and value statistics provided to the Minister as part of the royalty returns furnished under Part 7 of the Act if the information is released on a consolidated basis (according to each form of product or more generally).