New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 223A

223A Special conditions

(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, specify special conditions that are to apply to opal prospecting licences granted over land within any specified opal prospecting area.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the conditions that may be specified in an order under this section include conditions as to the following matters:

(a) the areas in which prospecting operations in respect of an opal prospecting block are prohibited,

(b) the nature and extent of prospecting operations that may be carried out in respect of opal prospecting blocks,

(c) the levies payable in respect of opal prospecting licences and the purposes for which those levies may be applied,

(d) the security deposits to be provided and maintained, in accordance with Part 12A, in respect of the granting of opal prospecting licences,

(e) the compensation payable in respect of the carrying out of prospecting operations under opal prospecting licences,

(f) the obligations of holders of opal prospecting licences as to the rehabilitation of land on which prospecting operations have been carried out,

(g) the program of work to be carried out under an opal prospecting licence,

(h) the amount of money to be expended on prospecting,

(i) such other matters as the Minister considers appropriate.