MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 229 229 Insertion of new s 387D

MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 229

After section 387C—

insert—

'(1) The chief executive may correct the register if satisfied—

(a) the register is incorrect; and

(b) the correction will not prejudice any rights recorded in the register.

'(2) The power to correct includes power to correct information in the register or a document forming part of the register.

'(3) If the register is corrected, the chief executive must record in it—

(a) the state of the register before the correction; and

(b) the time, date and circumstances of the correction.

'(4) A correction under this section has the same effect as if the relevant error had not been made.

'(5) For subsection (1)(b), a right is not prejudiced if the relevant person acquired or has dealt with the right with actual or constructive knowledge that the register was incorrect and how it was incorrect.'.