Survey and other reports
61J Survey and other reports
(1) An interest holder must give the Minister the following reports with respect to surveys conducted in relation to a petroleum interest:
a weekly survey report;
for a downhole survey – a downhole survey report;
for a geophysical or geological survey:
an acquisition report; and
a processing report; and
a final survey report in the form of an interpretation report.
(2) A report under subsection (1) must be provided to the Minister as follows:
(a) a weekly survey report must be provided at the end of each week while the survey is being conducted;
(b) a downhole survey report must be provided by the end of the month after the month during which the survey was completed, or within a longer period allowed by the Minister in a particular case;
(c) an acquisition report, a processing report or a final survey report must be provided within 12 months after the completion of the acquisition of the data associated with the survey, or within a longer period allowed by the Minister in a particular case.
(3) An interest holder must give to the Minister a prescribed report if the interest holder undertakes a geoscientific study or the reprocessing of pre-existing data acquired in a geophysical or geological survey.
(4) A report under subsection (3) must be provided to the Minister within 12 months after the study is undertaken or reprocessing of the data is completed.
(5) A report under this section must be provided in the approved form.
A report under this section must:
include the prescribed information; and
(b) comply with, and be accompanied by any information required by, reporting guidelines published by the Minister for the purposes of this section.
(7) A person commits an offence if the person is required to give a report to the Minister under this section and the person contravenes that requirement.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(8) An offence against subsection (7) is an offence of strict liability.
(9) If an interest holder fails to comply with a requirement to give a report to the Minister under this section within the period required under this section, the prescribed late lodgement fee is payable by the interest holder for each week or part of a week while the interest holder is in default.
(10) The Minister may remit an amount payable under subsection (9) in the whole or in part.
(11) The Minister may recover an amount payable under subsection (9) in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due and payable to the Territory.
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