Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIf the Designated Authority for a Commonwealth - State offshore area refers the application to the Joint Authority under section 205, the Joint Authority may:
(a) provisionally grant a mining licence to the applicant; or
(b) subject to section 208, refuse the application.
Note: Under section 232, the grant of the licence cannot be effective before it is registered (see section 333 for registration). The grant will not be registered until it has been properly accepted (see section 214 for proper acceptance ).