42Requirement for survey acquisition report and data

42 Requirement for survey acquisition report and data

(1) For the purposes of section 179(c) of the Act, the holder of an authority who undertakes a geophysical, geological or geochemical survey in the authority area must give the Minister a survey acquisition report and all survey acquisition data within—

(a) in the case of a 2-dimensional seismic survey—12 months after the day on which the acquisition of the data is completed; or

(b) in the case of a 3-dimensional seismic survey—18 months after the day on which the acquisition of the data is completed; or

(c) if the Minister authorises the holder of the authority to give the report and data within another period—that other period; or

(d) in any other case—6 months after the day on which the acquisition of the data is completed.

Note

Under section 179 of the Act, a person who contravenes this subregulation is liable to a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.

(2) A survey acquisition report under subregulation (1) must include—

(a) the name of the survey; and

(b) the authority under which the survey was conducted; and

(c) the name of the holder of the authority; and

(d) the name of the contractor that conducted the survey; and

(e) the name and number of the vehicle or aircraft that conducted the survey; and

(f) a map of where the survey was conducted; and

(g) the dates on which the survey started and ended; and

(h) details of all data acquisition equipment and systems used; and

(i) details of all positions and navigation equipment and systems used; and

(j) the number of lines of data acquired in the survey and the number of data acquisition points along each line; and

(k) navigation data for the survey, in the form of—

(i) in the case of a 2-dimensional survey—line ends and bends; or

(ii) in the case of a 3-dimensional seismic survey—a full fold polygon outline; or

(iii) in the case of any other 3-dimensional survey—a polygon outline; and

(l) the geometry of the acquisition parameters; and

(m) the results of any onboard data processing; and

(n) the results of any system tests, calibrations or diagnostics.

(3) In this regulation—

survey acquisition data means each of the following types of data in a form approved by the Minister—

(a) in the case of a seismic survey—

(i) raw navigation data; and