In an optical disc, an information signal area on which an information
signal can be recorded and/or reproduced is formed on a major surface of
a disc substrate thereof; a light transmitting layer which can transmit a
laser beam used in a process for recording and/or reproducing the
information signal is formed on a side on which the information signal
area is present; and a clamp reference plane is arranged on a major
surface of the light transmitting layer in a clamp region. If the optical
disc is clamped by a chucking unit of a drive, it is clamped by making
the clamp reference plane on the major surface of the light transmitting
layer contact with a mounting surface of a table for mounting the disc,
and making a magnetic metal plate contact with the major surface of the
disc substrate, and then sandwiching the optical disc between.