44Requirement for survey interpretation report and data

44 Requirement for survey interpretation 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 interpretation report and interpretative survey data within—

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

(b) in the case of any other type of survey—12 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.

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 interpretation report 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) a description of the objectives of the interpretation; and

(e) in the case of a seismic survey—

(i) a list of the surfaces interpreted; and

(ii) a justification of the surfaces interpreted, including synthetic seismograms if available; and

(iii) the velocity field used to convert time to depth (including ASCII data) and the basis for the velocity field; and

(iv) if available, time slices to describe the environment of deposition; and

(f) an elevation map of the survey area; and

(g) an index of the maps created during the interpretation; and

(h) in the case of a geological or geochemical survey, any interpretations formed after the conclusion of the survey; and

(i) all digital images of interpretation maps, in a form approved by the Minister.