(1) Every reconnaissance permit granted or renewed under these rules, shall, in addition to any other conditions that may be specified therein, be subject to the following conditions, namely:-
(i) the holder of the reconnaissance permit shall make available all data or information collected by him and submit reports as per the provisions of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of sub-section (2) of section 5;
(ii) the holder of the reconnaissance permit shall maintain accurate and true account of all the expenses incurred by him on the reconnaissance operations;
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(iii) the permit holder shall allow every officer authorised by the Central Government or the administering authority in this behalf to examine at any time the accounts maintained and furnish to the Central Government or to the administering authority or any other officer authorised by it in that behalf such information and returns;
(iv) the permit holder shall allow the officers authorised by the Central Government or the administering authority in this behalf to inspect any reconnaissance operations carried on by him;
(v) The permit holder shall pay an amount of one thousand rupees as a consideration for each standard block of five minutes latitude by five minutes longitude for each year or part thereof for which permit is granted or renewed;
(vi) the permittee shall give at least two months advance notice before commencement of the exploration work to the Ministry of Defence to ensure that the reconnaissance work does not interfere with any Naval exercise in the area;
(vii) to undertake the reconnaissance operations only Indian contracted companies should preferably be deployed. In case foreign contracted companies are to be deployed, prior approval of the Ministry of Defence shall be obtained and data shall be collected under the supervision of Indian representatives of the permittee who shall ensure appropriate security safeguards;
(viii) the reconnaissance data should be processed in India and such processed and unprocessed data may not be imparted to any foreign contractor except with the prior approval of the Central Government;
(ix) all vessels deployed for reconnaissance work by the permit holder himself or contracted companies shall undergo naval security inspection under the aegis of the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the concerned Naval Command, Flag Officer, Offshore Defence Advisory Group prior to their deployment. A clear one month's notice is to be given to facilitate clearance/inspection;
(x) all vessels deployed for reconnaissance work by the permit holder shall obtain prior clearance from the Director - General of Shipping in terms of the relevant provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958 ) and the rules made thereunder;
(xi) intimation regarding awards of contracts to other contracted companies along with details of the' contracts shall be forwarded to the Naval Headquarters (Directorate of Naval Intelligence), Ministry of Defence suitably in advance of the operations by the permittee providing six monthly long case on vessels deployment by operating companies;
(xii) appropriate visa shall have to be obtained from the competent authority for issuing visa for all foreign personnel on board the vessel and for this purpose, the contracted company shall provide a list of such foreign nationals to the competent authority for issuing visa for prior visa authorization;
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(xiii) the permittee shall take all precautionary measures for safety and security of all vessels or equipments deployed for reconnaissance operations; and
(xiv) the permittee, for issuing the marine safety warnings, shall immediately inform the Flag Officer, Offshore Defence Advisory Group and the administering authority the location indicating all vessels and equipments or machinery deployed at particular location and thereafter its new location as and when it is shifted.
(2) The reconnaissance permit may contain such other conditions as may be imposed by the Central Government which inter-alia may include the conditions regarding protection of marine environment, national security and measures necessary for prevention of smuggling operations.
(3) The administering authority may, with the approval of the Central Government, impose such further conditions as it may think necessary in the interest of mineral development and for compliance of various legal provisions.
(4) In case of breach of any condition imposed on any holder of reconnaissance permit by or under this rule, the administering authority may by order in writing, either cancel the permit, or forfeit in whole or in part, the amount deposited by the permit holder as security or do both.
Provided that no such order shall be made without giving the permit holder a reasonable opportunity of presenting his case.
10. Deed of reconnaissance permit to be executed within three months- (1) Where, on any application for a reconnaissance permit, an order has been made for the grant of such permit under sub-rule(1) of rule 7, a deed granting such permit shall be executed within ninety days of the date of the communication of the order to the applicant or such further period as the administering authority may allow in this behalf.
and if no such deed is executed within such period due to any fault on the part of the applicant, the administering authority may revoke the order granting the reconnaissance permit.
(2) The deed referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be in Form D or in a form as near as possible thereto as circumstances of each case may require.
(3) The date of the commencement of the period for which a reconnaissance permit is granted shall commence on the date on which the deed is executed after all necessary clearances have been obtained.