Offshore Minerals Act 1999
354Application to Supreme Court for correction of register
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354 Application to Supreme Court for correction of register
354 Application to Supreme Court for correction of register
(1) The Supreme Court, on the application of a person aggrieved by:
(a) the omission of an entry from the offshore mining register, or
(b) an entry wrongly existing in the register, or
(c) an error or defect in an entry in the register,
may make any order it thinks appropriate directing correction of the register.
(2) In any proceedings under subsection (1), the Supreme Court may decide any necessary or expedient question concerning the rectification of the register.
(3) A copy of a Supreme Court order may be served on the Minister.
(4) In any proceedings under subsection (1):
(a) the Minister may appear, or
(b) if the Supreme Court so directs, the Minister must appear.
(5) If the Minister receives a copy of an order under subsection (3), the Minister must amend the register so that the register accords with the order.