Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MINERALS (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1981

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Short title.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Adjacent areas  
   5.      Spaces above and below adjacent areas  
   6.      Extension to certain Territories  
   7.      Application of Act  
   8.      Establishment of Joint Authorities  
   9.      Acting Ministers  
   10.     Functions of Joint Authorities  
   11.     Procedure of Joint Authorities  
   12.     Notification by Designated Authority of decisions by Joint Authority  
   13.     Certain Territories  
   14.     Application of laws in areas adjacent to States  
   15.     Jurisdiction of State courts  
   16.     Application of laws in areas adjacent to Territories  
   17.     Jurisdiction of Territory courts  
   18.     Parts IV and V not affected by this Part  
   19.     Designated Authority  
   20.     Delegation  
   21.     Graticulation of Earth's surface and constitution of blocks  
   22.     Reservation of blocks  
   23.     Application for permit  
   24.     Form of application for permit, &c.  
   25.     Grant or refusal of permit  
   26.     Rights conferred by permit  
   27.     Term of permit  
   28.     Application for renewal of permit  
   29.     Application for renewal of permit to be in respect of reduced area  
   30.     Grant or refusal of renewal of permit  
   31.     Application for licence  
   32.     Form of application for licence, &c.  
   33.     Grant or refusal of licence  
   34.     Rights conferred by licence  
   35.     Term of licence  
   36.     Application for renewal of licence  
   37.     Grant or refusal of renewal of licence  
   38.     Works to be carried out  
   39.     Application for works authority  
   40.     Grant of works authority  
   41.     Rights conferred by works authority  
   42.     Term of works authority  
   43.     Register of certain instruments to be kept  
   44.     Other matters to be entered in Register  
   45.     Creation of interests in permits, &c.  
   46.     True consideration to be shown  
   47.     Devolution of permits, &c.  
   48.     Caveats  
   49.     Joint Authority, &c., not concerned with certain matters  
   50.     Production and inspection of documents  
   51.     Inspection of Register and documents  
   52.     Evidentiary provisions  
   53.     Appeals  
   54.     Joint Authority, &c., not liable to certain actions  
   55.     Offences  
   56.     Assessment of fee  
   57.     Supreme Court  
   58.     Information to be furnished  
   59.     False or misleading statements, &c.  
   60.     Conditions of permit, &c.  
   61.     No conditions as to payment of moneys  
   62.     Notice of grant of permit, &c., to be published  
   63.     Work practices  
   64.     Section 63 to have effect subject to this Act, &c.  
   65.     Directions  
   66.     Compliance with directions  
   67.     Exemptions, variations, &c.  
   68.     Extension of term of permit where operations delayed, &c.  
   69.     Suspension of rights conferred by permit  
   70.     Surrender of permit, &c.  
   71.     Cancellation of permit, &c.  
   72.     Cancellation of permit, &c., not affected by other provisions  
   73.     Removal of property, &c.  
   74.     Scientific investigations  
   75.     Interference with other rights  
   76.     Safety zones  
   77.     Property in minerals  
   79.     Release of information  
   80.     Inspectors  
   81.     Functions of inspectors  
   82.     Designated Authority may require information to be furnished, &c.  
   83.     Power to examine on oath or affirmation  
   84.     Failure to furnish information, &c.  
   85.     Fees received on behalf of Commonwealth  
   86.     Payments by Commonwealth to States and Northern Territory  
   87.     Publication in Gazette  
   88.     Judicial notice  
   89.     Service  
   90.     Exploration for, and recovery of, minerals  
   91.     Continuing offences  
   92.     Prosecution of offences  
   93.     Orders for forfeiture  
   94.     Time for bringing proceedings for offences  
   95.     Interpretation  
   96.     This Division prevails over other provisions  
   97.     Exploration, &c., under prescribed instruments  
   98.     Certain portions of blocks to be blocks  
   99.     Application for permit, &c.  
   100.    Grant of transitional permit, &c.  
   101.    Jurisdiction of courts  
   102.    Validation of certain acts  
   103.    Points, &c., to be ascertained by reference to Australian Geodetic Datum  
   104.    Certain points, &c., to be ascertained by other means  
   105.    Regulations