MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 182
Opal prospecting blocks, reserves, mineral allocation areas and controlled release areas
MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 182
Opal prospecting blocks, reserves, mineral allocation areas and controlled release areas
182 Opal prospecting blocks, reserves, mineral allocation areas and controlled
release areas
(1) A mineral claim may not be granted over any land within--
(a) an opal
prospecting block that is the subject of an opal prospecting licence held by a
person other than the applicant for the mineral claim, or
(b) a reserve in
respect of which an order prohibiting the granting of mineral claims is in
force under section 367.
(2) Except with the approval of the Minister, a
mineral claim may not be granted over any land within a mineral allocation
area or controlled release area that is constituted in respect of any mineral
or minerals to which the application for the mineral claim relates.