Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 555

Application for rectification

  (1)   If a person is aggrieved by any of the following:

  (a)   the omission of an entry from the Register;

  (b)   an entry made in the Register without sufficient cause;

  (c)   an entry wrongly existing in the Register;

  (d)   an error or defect in an entry in the Register;

the person may apply to:

  (e)   the Federal Court; or

  (f)   the Supreme Court of, or having jurisdiction in, the State or Territory to which the relevant offshore area relates;

for the rectification of the Register.

Court orders

  (2)   If an application is made under subsection   (1) to a court for the rectification of the Register, the court may make such order as it thinks fit directing the rectification of the Register.

  (3)   In proceedings under this section, the court may decide any question that it is necessary or expedient to decide in connection with the rectification of the Register.

Appearance of Titles Administrator

  (4)   Notice of an application under this section must be given to the Titles Administrator, who:

  (a)   may appear and be heard; and

  (b)   must appear if so directed by the court.

Copy of order to be given to Titles Administrator

  (5)   An office copy of an order made by the court may be given to the Titles Administrator.

Compliance with order

  (6)   The Titles Administrator must, on receipt of the order, rectify the Register accordingly.

Principal Northern Territory offshore area and Eastern Greater Sunrise offshore area

  (7)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(f):

  (a)   the Principal Northern Territory offshore area; and

  (b)   the Eastern Greater Sunrise offshore area;

are taken to relate to the Northern Territory.