(1) The holder of a mineral claim is entitled to a right of way (to be
indicated or described in the manner prescribed by the regulations) between
the claim area and a public road.
(2) The route of a right of way--
(a)
should, wherever practicable, follow the route of existing roads or tracks
(particularly, in the case of land in the Western Division, those the subject
of special easements under Part 6 of Schedule 3 to the
Crown Land Management Act 2016 ), and
(b) must accord with the provisions of
any registered access management plan applying to the land.
(a) must ensure that substantial gates or grids (or, if
the landholder of the land so requires, gates and grids), that comply with
subsection (4), are placed wherever fences are intersected by the right of
way, or
(b) if those fences are rabbit-proof, marsupial-proof or dog-proof
fences, must ensure that rabbit-proof, marsupial-proof or dog-proof gates are
placed at all such intersections.
(4) Any such gate or grid must be of a
design and construction that is adequate to prevent stock from straying.
(5)
The costs of installing and maintaining any gates or grids required by this
section are to be borne by the holder of the mineral claim.
(6) Subject to
any determination by the Land and Environment Court, a right of way is subject
to such conditions as to its exercise, and to such exceptions as to the land
over which it may be exercised--
(a) as may be prescribed by the regulations,
or
(b) as may be specified in any registered access management plan applying
to the land.
(7) If a dispute arises as to the exercise of a right of way,
any party to the dispute may apply to the Land and Environment Court for a
determination of the matter.
(8) In the case of land within a mineral claims
district, the conditions imposed by the Land and Environment Court under
subsection (7) must not be inconsistent with the conditions specified in any
registered access management plan applying to the land.
Maximum penalty
(subsection (3)): 50 penalty units.