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Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967
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#### 150 Definitions
(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
> applicable document means:
(a) an application made after the commencement of this Part to the Designated Authority under this Act; or
(b) a document accompanying such an application; or
(c) a report, return or other document relating to a block that has been given after the commencement of this Part to the Designated Authority under this Act or regulations made for the purposes of section 122A.
> documentary information means information contained in an applicable document.
> petroleum mining sample means a core or cutting from, or a sample of, the sea‑bed or subsoil, or a sample of petroleum recovered, that has been given at any time, whether before or after the commencement of this Part, to the Designated Authority and includes a portion of such a core, cutting or sample.
(2) For the purposes of this Part:
(a) cores and cuttings, well data, logs, sample descriptions and other documents, relating to the drilling of a well, are taken to have been given to the Designated Authority not later than one month after the drilling of the well was, in the Designated Authority’s opinion, substantially completed; and
(b) geophysical or geochemical data relating to geophysical or geochemical surveys are taken to have been given to the Designated Authority not later than one year after the geophysical or geochemical field work was, in the Designated Authority’s opinion, substantially completed.
(3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply in relation to the drilling of a well unless the drilling of the well was, in the Designated Authority’s opinion, substantially completed before the commencement of this subsection.
(4) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply in relation to a geophysical or geochemical survey unless the geophysical or geochemical field work was, in the Designated Authority’s opinion, substantially completed before the commencement of this subsection.