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Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967
87ADesignated Authority may make corrections to Register
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#### 87A Designated Authority may make corrections to Register
(1) The Designated Authority may alter the Register for the purposes of correcting a clerical error or an obvious defect in the Register.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Designated Authority may, on application being made in writing to the Designated Authority by a person or of the Designated Authority’s own motion, make such entries in the Register as the Designated Authority considers appropriate for the purposes of ensuring that the Register accurately records the interests and rights existing in relation to a title.
(3) Where the Designated Authority proposes to make an entry in the Register in accordance with subsection (2), the Designated Authority shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice:
(a) setting out the terms of the entry that the Designated Authority proposes to make in the Register; and
(b) inviting interested persons to give to the Designated Authority, by such day as is specified in the notice, being a day not earlier than 45 days after the publication of the notice, submissions in writing relating to the making of the entry.
(4) Where submissions are, in accordance with a notice under subsection (3), given to the Designated Authority in relation to the proposed making of an entry in the Register, the Designated Authority shall:
(a) take those submissions into account before making an entry in the Register; and
(b) after making an entry in the Register, cause to be published in the Gazette a notice setting out the terms of the entry.