Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who wants to apply for an exploration licence over a block that is excluded may apply to the Designated Authority for a determination under subsection (2).
(2) The Designated Authority may determine that the person may apply for the licence over the block despite section 51.
(3) The determination is to be made in writing.
(4) The Designated Authority may make the determination only with the approval of the Joint Authority.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a block in an external territory offshore area.
Note: The responsible Commonwealth Minister is both the Designated Authority (see subsection 29(3)) and the Joint Authority (see subsection 32(3)) for an external territory offshore area.