South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts10A—Special conditions attaching to mining of radioactive minerals
(1) Subject to this
section, no person shall carry out mining operations (other than exploratory
operations) for the recovery of any radioactive mineral unless he is the
holder of a mining lease or retention lease upon which the Minister has
endorsed an authorisation to carry out mining operations for that purpose.
(2) An authorisation
to carry out mining operations for the recovery of a radioactive mineral may
be granted upon such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and may be revoked
upon breach of any condition.
(3) This section does
not prevent the recovery of any radioactive mineral in the course of
mining operations carried out for the recovery of other minerals provided that
the radioactive mineral—
(a) is
stockpiled in accordance with conditions stipulated by the Minister; or
(b) is
of such low concentration that it may, in the opinion of the Minister, be
safely discarded as waste and is in fact discarded as waste.
(4) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act, the property in any
radioactive mineral—
(a)
stockpiled in pursuance of conditions imposed by the Minister under
subsection (2); or
(b)
stockpiled in pursuance of subsection (3)(a),
does not pass from the Crown unless and until the Minister, by instrument in
writing, authorises the person by whom the radioactive mineral was mined to
sell and dispose of the mineral.