New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 58

58 Land subject to authority

(1) A mining lease may not be granted over any land:

(a) the subject of an exploration licence that includes any mineral or minerals in respect of which the mining lease is sought, or

(b) the subject of an assessment lease, mining lease or mineral claim, or

(c) the subject of an application for any of the following that was lodged before the application for the firstmentioned mining lease:

(i) an exploration licence that includes minerals in respect of which the mining lease is sought,

(ii) an assessment lease,

(iii) a mining lease,

(iv) a mineral claim,

otherwise than to or with the written consent of the holder of, or the applicant for, that licence, lease or claim.

(2) A written consent given under this section is irrevocable.

(3) If, as a result of such a consent, a mining lease is granted over any such land, that land:

(a) ceases to be subject to the exploration licence, assessment lease, mining lease or mineral claim concerned, or

(b) is excluded from the application for the exploration licence, assessment lease, mining lease or mineral claim concerned,

as the case requires.