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Offshore Minerals Act 1994
328Registers to be kept
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#### 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.