New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 6

6 Mining etc for privately owned minerals on land subject to authority etc

(1) A person must not prospect for or mine any privately owned mineral on any land over which some other person is the holder of an authority or mineral claim.

Maximum penalty for prospecting in contravention of this subsection: 200 penalty units.

Maximum penalty for mining in contravention of this subsection:

(a) 1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both, in the case of an offence dealt with on indictment, or

(b) 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in the case of an offence dealt with summarily.

(2) This section applies whether or not the mineral for which the person prospects or mines is a mineral to which the authority or mineral claim relates.