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OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 83

Successful applicant must be notified

  (1)   If the Joint Authority provisionally grants an exploration licence under section   81, 82 or 87, the Designated Authority must give the provisional holder:

  (a)   the licence; and

  (b)   written notice that the provisional grant will lapse unless the provisional holder, before the end of the primary payment period:

  (i)   gives the Designated Authority a written acceptance of the grant; and

  (ii)   lodges any security required by the Joint Authority under section   399; and

  (iii)   pays the fees that must be paid for the licence under the Exploration Licence Fees Act; and

  (iv)   if the tender is determined on the basis of the amounts of money offered for the licence--pays the Commonwealth the amount that the provisional holder offered for the licence under subsection   77(3).

  (2)   The licence must specify:

  (a)   the blocks covered by the licence; and

  (b)   the term of the licence; and

  (c)   the licence conditions.

Note:   For the term of a licence see section   88.



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