Petroleum Act 1984

(1) The Registrar shall enter in the Register a memorial in relation to each exploration permit and licence:

(b) containing an accurate description, including designated numbers, of the exploration permit or licence area;

(d) containing, where the area has previously been the subject of an exploration permit or licence, details of the previous exploration permit or licence;

(e) specifying the conditions subject to which the exploration permit or licence is granted;

(f) setting out such other matters and things as are required by this Part to be entered in the Register; and

(g) setting out such further matters relating to each permittee or licensee and to the conditions of the exploration permit or licence as the Minister thinks fit.

(a) any notice varying, cancelling, surrendering or otherwise affecting an exploration permit or licence;

(c) any notice or instrument varying or revoking a notice or instrument referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) It is sufficient compliance with the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) where the Registrar enters a copy of the exploration permit, licence, notice, direction or instrument in the Register.

(4) An exploration permit or licence shall be deemed to be registered as soon as a memorial complying with subsection (1) or a copy of the permit or licence, has been entered in the Register.

(5) A person to whom an exploration permit or licence has been granted shall not exercise any powers under this Act or the person's permit or licence, except under this Part, until the permit or licence, as the case may be, is registered.

(6) The Registrar shall endorse on the memorial or copy of the exploration permit or licence a memorandum of the date upon which the memorial or copy was entered in the Register.