Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
159Release of petroleum mining samples—prior availability or consent
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159 Release of petroleum mining samples—prior availability or consent
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Titles Administrator or responsible Commonwealth Minister may make publicly known any details of a petroleum mining sample or permit a person to inspect the sample if:
(a) the petroleum titleholder who gave the sample to the Titles Administrator has made publicly known those details of the sample; or
(b) the petroleum titleholder who gave the sample to the Titles Administrator has caused to be made publicly known those details of the sample; or
(c) the petroleum titleholder who gave the sample to the Titles Administrator has consented in writing to details of the sample being made publicly known or to the sample being made available for inspection, as the case may be.
(2) If a petroleum mining sample from a block was given to the Titles Administrator under a petroleum special prospecting authority, a petroleum access authority or a petroleum scientific investigation consent, subsection (1) only applies if the sample was obtained during a period when no permit, lease or licence was in force over the block.