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Petroleum Act 1984
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91 Particulars to be entered in Register
(1) The Registrar shall enter in the Register a memorial in relation to
each exploration permit and licence:
(a) specifying the name of each permittee or licensee;
(b) containing an accurate description, including designated
numbers, of the exploration permit or licence area;
(c) specifying the term of the exploration permit or licence;
(d) containing, where the area has previously been the subject of
an exploration permit or licence, details of the previous
exploration permit or licence;
(e) specifying the conditions subject to which the exploration
permit or licence is granted;
(f) setting out such other matters and things as are required by
this Part to be entered in the Register; and
(g) setting out such further matters relating to each permittee or
licensee and to the conditions of the exploration permit or
licence as the Minister thinks fit.
(2) The Registrar shall enter in the Register a memorial of:
(a) any notice varying, cancelling, surrendering or otherwise
affecting an exploration permit or licence;
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(b) a direction to each permittee or licensee by the Minister; and
(c) any notice or instrument varying or revoking a notice or
instrument referred to in paragraph (a).
(3) It is sufficient compliance with the requirements of subsection (1)
or (2) where the Registrar enters a copy of the exploration permit,
licence, notice, direction or instrument in the Register.
(4) An exploration permit or licence shall be deemed to be registered
as soon as a memorial complying with subsection (1) or a copy of
the permit or licence, has been entered in the Register.
(5) A person to whom an exploration permit or licence has been
granted shall not exercise any powers under this Act or the person's
permit or licence, except under this Part, until the permit or licence,
as the case may be, is registered.
(6) The Registrar shall endorse on the memorial or copy of the
exploration permit or licence a memorandum of the date upon
which the memorial or copy was entered in the Register.