New South Wales Consolidated Acts

URANIUM MINING AND NUCLEAR FACILITIES (PROHIBITIONS) ACT 1986 - SECT 7

7 Prospecting or mining for uranium prohibited

(1) A person shall not prospect or mine for uranium.

Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

(2) An authority, licence or claim under the Mining Act 1973 (whether granted or registered before or after the commencement of this Act) does not authorise the holder of the authority, licence or claim to prospect or mine for uranium in contravention of this section.

(3) A person who mines uranium in the course of mining for some other mineral is not guilty of an offence under this section if:

(a) the person establishes that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the amount of uranium in the total amount of material that has at that stage been removed from the land being mined does not exceed .02 per cent by weight, and

(b) the person complies with such conditions (if any) as may be prescribed by the regulations with respect to the mining and the treatment, handling and disposal of the material containing uranium.

(4) Nothing in this section prevents a person from using radiometric or other means for searching for a mineral other than uranium.