328Registers to be kept

328 Registers to be kept

(1) Each Designated Authority must keep an offshore mining register.

Note 1: The main matters entered in the register are:

Note: the grant or renewal of a licence (see sections 333 and 334);

Note: details of instruments that affect a licence (see section 337);

Note: details of instruments that affect an interest in a licence (see sections 338 and 339);

Note: details of interests in a licence that are acquired by devolution (see section 340);

Note: details of caveats (see section 345).

Note 2: Section 145.4 of the Criminal Code deals with offences in relation to the proper keeping of the register (for example, falsification of documents).

(2) The register for a particular Commonwealth‑State offshore area is to be known as the Commonwealth‑State Offshore Mining Register for that State. (3) The register for a particular external territory offshore area is to be known as the External Territory Offshore Mining Register for that external territory.