Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 200

    If:

  (a)   a person applies under section   197 or 198 for a licence over a group of blocks; and

  (b)   because of section   18, 197 or 198:

  (i)   a mining licence cannot be granted over one or more of the blocks in the group; or

  (ii)   the Joint Authority cannot grant the licence over one or more of the blocks in the group;

the Designated Authority and the Joint Authority may still deal with the application to the extent to which the application covers blocks:

  (c)   for which a mining licence can be granted; or

  (d)   for which the Joint Authority does have power to grant the licence applied for.

Note 1:   A mining licence cannot be granted over a block that is not vacant or over a reserved block (see section   18).

Note 2:   The Joint Authority for a State may grant a licence only over blocks in that State's Commonwealth - State offshore area.