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OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 274

Application must be advertised

  (1)   The applicant must advertise the application in a newspaper circulating throughout the State or external territory concerned.

  (2)   The advertisement must contain:

  (a)   the applicant's name and address; and

  (b)   a map and description of the blocks covered that are sufficient for the blocks to be identified; and

  (c)   details of the activities that the applicant proposes to carry out; and

  (d)   a map showing the proposed location of those activities; and

  (e)   the address of the Designated Authority; and

  (f)   a statement:

  (i)   that the applicant has applied for a works licence over the blocks described in the notice; and

  (ii)   that invites comment from the public on the application; and

  (iii)   that requests that comments be sent to the applicant and to the Designated Authority specified in the notice within 30 days of the day on which the advertisement is published.

  (3)   The advertisement must be published as soon as possible after the applicant applies for the works licence.

  (4)   Subject to subsection   (5), the advertisement must be published within 14 days after the day on which the applicant lodges the application.

  (5)   If:

  (a)   the applicant applies to the Designated Authority within the 14 day period referred to in subsection   (4) for an extension of the period; and

  (b)   the Designated Authority extends the period;

the advertisement must be published within the period as extended by the Designated Authority.



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