MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 11A
Certain activities taken not to be prospecting or mining
MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 11A
Certain activities taken not to be prospecting or mining
11A Certain activities taken not to be prospecting or mining
(1) The regulations may declare that, or provide for the declaration by the
Minister that, a specified activity is, or a specified class or classes of
activities are, not prospecting or mining for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A
declaration referred to in subsection (1)--
(a) may require a person who
proposes to carry out any such activity to give notice of intention to do so
to the Secretary, and
(b) may require a person who carries out any such
activity to pay royalty to the Crown in respect of any publicly owned minerals
recovered as a consequence of the carrying out of that activity.
(3) Part 14
applies, subject to any modifications necessary to give effect to a
declaration under subsection (1) and any modifications prescribed by the
regulations--
(a) to royalty payable under subsection (2) in the same way as
it applies to royalty payable on a mineral recovered under a mining lease, and
(b) to the person by whom royalty is payable as if the person were the holder
of a mining lease.
