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MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 706

706 Definitions for pt 18

In this part--

compensation decision, for a relevant act, means a decision of the tribunal, other than a compensation trust decision, that provides for--

(a) whether compensation is to be paid to a registered native title body corporate in relation to the relevant act; and
(b) if compensation is to be paid--the amount of money to be paid.

compensation trust decision, for a relevant act, means a decision of the tribunal about the payment of an amount to be held in trust for any entitlement to compensation for the doing of the relevant act.

relevant act means the grant, renewal or variation of, or another act concerning, a mining tenement, if the act happens after the commencement of this section, and is an act--

(a) to which--
(i) part 13 applies; or
(ii) part 14 or 17, division 4, 5 or 6 applies; or
(iii) part 15 or 16, division 2, 4, 5 or 6 applies; or
(b) to which part 13 would apply, or part 14 or 17, division 4, 5 or 6 would apply, or part 15 or 16, division 2, 4, 5 or 6 would apply, were it not that--
(i) the act relates to a mining tenement in an approved opal or gem mining area, and is excluded from the application of the right to negotiate provisions under section 26(2)(d) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act; or
(ii) the mining tenement relates to a place that is on the seaward side of the mean high-water mark of the sea; or
(iii) the act relates to a mining lease for the sole purpose of the construction of an infrastructure facility associated with mining, and is an act mentioned in section 24MD(6B)(b) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act; or
(c) that is a renewal to which part 14, 15, 16 or 17, division 5 would apply, were it not that the renewal is an act--
(i) to which the right to negotiate provisions do not apply because of section 26D(1) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act; and
(ii) in relation to which the earlier right to mine mentioned in section 26D(1)(a) is an earlier right mentioned in section 26D(1)(b)(ii); and
(iii) for which compensation has not previously been agreed.


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