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MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 64A

64A Issue of certificate of public notice

(1) This section applies only if--

(a) a certificate of application for an application for a mining claim has been endorsed under section 64(2); and
(b) either--
(i) under the Environmental Protection Act, the application for the relevant environmental authority (mining claim) is a code compliant application and, under that Act, the mining registrar has been given a copy of the relevant code of environmental compliance containing the standard environmental conditions; or
(ii) under the Environmental Protection Act, the application for the relevant environmental authority (mining claim) is a non-code compliant application and the draft environmental authority for the non-code compliant application has, under the Environmental Protection Act, section 175, been given to the mining registrar; and
(c) if the proposed mining claim is a mining claim to which, under section 462, part 17, division 4, applies--
(i) at least 4 months have passed since the giving of the notice required under section 652; or
(ii) a negotiated agreement under part 17, division 4 has been reached.

(2) The mining registrar must, within 5 business days--

(a) fix the last day (the last objection day) for lodging objections to the application; and
(b) give the applicant for the mining claim a certificate of public notice in the approved form; and
(c) give the EPA administering authority a copy of the certificate.

(3) The last objection day must be at least 20 business days after the certificate is given.

(4) The certificate must state the following--

(a) the number of the proposed mining claim;
(b) the day and time the application for the mining claim was lodged;
(c) the last objection day;
(d) where the application or any additional documents given to the mining registrar about the application may be inspected.

(5) The mining registrar must, from the giving of the certificate to the applicant until the end of the last objection day, post and keep posted at the registrar's office a copy of the certificate.



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