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### 28 Annual report
> > (1) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 25, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS25@Hpa@EN) The holder of a licence is, in each year, to submit to the Director, by –
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> > > > (a) the anniversary, in that year, of the day on which the application for the licence was granted; or
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> > > > (b) a day, after that anniversary, specified under [subsection (1A)](#GS28@Gs1A@EN) in relation to the licence –
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> > a report (an***annual report***) in relation to the 12-month period immediately before that anniversary.
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> > (1A) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 25, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS25@Hpa@EN) The Director may, by notice in writing to the holder of a licence, specify a day for the purposes of [subsection (1)(b)](#GS28@Gs1@Hpb@EN) in relation to the licence.
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> > (2) The annual report is to –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (2) amended by No. 24 of 2013, s. 25, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS25@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (2) amended by No. 44 of 2017, s. 9, Applied:21 Nov 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-11-21/act-2017-044#GS9@Hpa@EN) be in accordance with the reporting guidelines; and
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (2) amended by No. 24 of 2013, s. 25, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS25@Hpc@EN) specify the amounts expended in respect of any exploration carried out during the 12-month period to which the report relates; and
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> > > > (c) contain a summary of the matters specified in [section 187](#GS187@EN) [(2)](#GS187@Gs2@EN) ; and
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> > > > (d) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (2) amended by No. 24 of 2013, s. 25, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS25@Hpd@EN) give details of any work that is proposed to be undertaken under the licence in the future; and
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> > > > (e) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (2) amended by No. 24 of 2013, s. 25, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS25@Hpe@EN) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (2) amended by No. 44 of 2017, s. 9, Applied:21 Nov 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-11-21/act-2017-044#GS9@Hpb@EN) contain any other matter relating to the licence that is specified in the reporting guidelines, or by the Director by notice in writing to the holder of the licence, as being required to be contained in the report.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 28 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 25, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS25@Hpf@EN) . . . . . . . .