Release or publication of information contained in airborne survey report
10 Release or publication of information contained in airborne survey report
(1) This regulation applies to the release or publication by the Minister of information about land contained in an airborne survey report.
(2) The Minister may release or publish the information at any time following the expiry of 6 months after the reporting day for the report if, on the day of the release or publication, the land:
(a) is not in the title area of a mineral title held by the person who conducted the approved airborne survey (the explorer); or
(b) is not in the proposed title area of an application made by the explorer.
(3) The Minister may release or publish the information at any time following the expiry of 5 years after the reporting day for the report if, on the day of the release or publication, the land:
is in the title area of a mineral title held by the explorer; or
(b) is in the proposed title area of an application made by the explorer.
(4) The Minister may release or publish the information at any time after the land:
(a) is no longer in the title area of a mineral title held by the explorer because:
the title has been cancelled for the land; or
the explorer has surrendered the land; or
(b) is no longer in the proposed title area of an application for the grant of a mineral title made by the explorer because:
(i) the explorer withdrew the application or varied the application to exclude part of the land; or
the Minister refused to grant the title for the land.
(5) The Minister may release or publish the information earlier than is specified in subregulation (2), (3) or (4) if the explorer gives written consent to the earlier release or publication.
Division 2 Preliminary exploration on land
Subdivision 1 Preliminary matters
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