MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 391
Restriction on grants etc.
MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 391
Restriction on grants etc.
391 Restriction on grants etc.
(1) The Minister may by gazette notice—
(a) prohibit the grant, or
applications for the grant, of mining tenements; or
(b) determine that a
mining tenement must not be granted over an area that exceeds a specified
area; or
(c) provide that a single person must not, at any time, be the
holder (whether alone or with others) of more than a specified number of
exploration permits, mineral development licences or mining leases; or
(d)
provide that a single person must not, at any time, be the holder (whether
alone or with others) of—
(i) mining leases the aggregate area of which
exceeds a specified area; or
(ii) mineral development licences the aggregate
area of which exceeds a specified area; or
(iii) exploration permits the
aggregate area of which exceeds a specified area; or
(e) require that an
application for the grant of a prospecting permit, mining claim, exploration
permit, mineral development licence or mining lease be referred to any of the
following bodies seeking its views on the application—
(2) The
Minister must consider the public interest before acting under subsection (1)
.
(3) A restriction or requirement under subsection (1) that applies to an
area does not affect the granting or renewal of any of the following mining
tenements for all or part of the area—
(a) a mining tenement applied for
before the restriction took effect (the
"prerequisite tenement" );