NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 43A

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 43A

43A—Prospecting and mining in regional reserves

        (1)         The relevant mining Minister must not grant an application for a mining tenement in relation to a regional reserve without first submitting the application to the Minister administering this Act.

        (2)         In the case of an application for a mining production tenement in relation to a regional reserve, the relevant mining Minister must not grant the application without the approval of the Minister administering this Act.

        (3)         In the case of an application for any other kind of mining tenement in relation to a regional reserve the relevant mining Minister must not grant the application without considering the views of the Minister administering this Act.

        (4)         If the Minister administering this Act refuses to give the approval required by subsection (2) the relevant mining Minister may refer the matter to the Governor and may, with the Governor's approval, grant the application.

        (5)         The holder of a precious stones prospecting permit under the Opal Mining Act 1995 cannot peg out an area for a precious stones tenement on a regional reserve without the approval of the Minister administering this Act, or if the Minister refuses to give approval, without the approval of the Governor.

        (6)         Subsection (2) does not apply to a petroleum production licence that the Minister administering the Cooper Basin (Ratification) Act 1975 is authorised to grant by section 9 of that Act.

        (7)         A reference in this section to "the relevant mining Minister in relation to the granting of a mining tenement is, if the mining Act under which the tenement is granted provides for it to be granted by any authority other than the relevant mining Minister, a reference to that authority.