136Requirement to give certain cores, cuttings or samples

136  Requirement to give certain cores, cuttings or samples

 (1) This section applies if a petroleum titleholder:

 (b) collects a kind of core, cutting or sample mentioned in column 1 of an item of the table in subsection (4).

Specified quantity of core, cutting or sample must be given if available

 (2) If the quantity of the core, cutting or sample specified in column 2 of the item is available to the petroleum titleholder, the titleholder must give that specified quantity to the Titles Administrator:

 (a) before the end of the day specified in column 3 of the item; or

 (b) if the Titles Administrator agrees, in writing, to another time—before that time.

Note: Division 3 sets out requirements for the collection and retention of cores, cuttings and samples.

 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a petroleum titleholder if:

 (a) the specified quantity of the core, cutting or sample is not available to the titleholder; and

 (c) the titleholder gives the Titles Administrator a written notice, before the end of the day specified in column 3 of the item, that includes the following information:

 (ii) the quantity of the core, cutting or sample that was recovered;

 (iii) the quantity (if any) of the core, cutting or sample that remains available to the titleholder; and

 (d) if a quantity of the core, cutting or sample remains available to the titleholder—the titleholder gives an agreed quantity of the remaining core, cutting or sample to the Titles Administrator:

 (i) before the end of the day specified in column 3 of the item; or

 (ii) if the Titles Administrator agrees, in writing, to another time—before that time.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code and section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).

Table of requirements in relation to cores, cuttings and samples

 (4) For the purposes of this section, requirements in relation to the giving of cores, cuttings and samples are set out in the following table.