New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) The owner or production manager of any mine who for exploratory purposes proposes to drill a drillhole or to extend an existing drillhole to a depth exceeding 15 metres shall, before commencing the work, notify the Chief Inspector of the owner’s or production manager’s intention, and furnish to the Chief Inspector particulars of the location of the drillhole, and shall also either before or after commencing the work, furnish such additional particulars in relation to the drillhole as the Chief Inspector may require.
(2) Where, in the course of drilling any such drillhole, a core is obtained, such core (other than material therefrom required for purposes of assay) or if no core is so obtained, samples of the material obtained, shall be labelled and preserved by the owner or production manager of the mine for at least one year after the completion of the drillhole in such manner as the Chief Inspector may direct:
Provided that no samples need be kept where the drillhole is sunk in surface gravel or alluvial ground:
Provided further that before disposing of any core or samples after the expiry of a year at least two weeks notice thereof shall be given by the owner or production manager to the Chief Inspector.
(3) Cores and samples preserved as aforesaid shall at all times be available for examination by the Government Geologist, Geological Surveyor or inspector of mines, or any other officer authorised in that behalf by the Minister, and specimens may be taken for purposes of assay or other treatment, but no information obtained as a result of such examination or treatment shall be published without the consent of the owner or production manager unless the Minister sees fit to direct otherwise.
(4) The owner or production manager of any mine who fails to act in compliance with this section or with any direction given thereunder shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.