OPAL MINING ACT 1995

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 3 Interpretation
• 4 Declaration of precious stones field or reserved land
• 5 Declaration of designated area or exclusion zone
• 6 Exempt land

PART 2--Precious stones prospecting permits

• 7 Application for permit
• 8 Nature of permit
• 9 Terms and renewal of permit
• 10 Rights of holder of permit
• 10A Special provisions in relation to Mintabie precious stones field
• 11 Qualifications to permits
• 12 Area to be pegged out etc
• 13 Major working areas--Coober Pedy
• 14 Notice of pegging
• 15 Effect of pegging an area
• 16 Ballot may be conducted in certain cases
• 17 Pegging may lapse
• 18 Contravention of Part

PART 3--Precious stones tenements

• 18A Special conditions for tenements in relation to Mintabie precious stones field
• 18B Cancellation of tenements on Mintabie precious stones field
• 19 Application for registration of tenement
• 19A Special provision related to application for and registration of tenements on Mintabie precious stones field
• 20 Registration of tenement
• 21 Maximum number of tenements
• 22 Term and renewal of tenement
• 23 Rights conferred by tenement
• 24 Tenement non-transferable
• 25 Unlawful entry on tenement
• 26 Caveats
• 26A Application to Warden's Court to lapse caveat or obtain compensation
• 27 Power of Opal Mining Registrar to cancel tenement
• 27A Cancellation and suspension
• 28 Surrender of tenement, removal of posts etc
• 29 Removal of machinery
• 30 Maintenance of posts

PART 4--Entry on land and declared equipment

Division 1--Entry on land

• 31 Entry on land
• 32 Notice of entry
• 33 Duration of notice of entry

Division 2--Declared equipment

• 34 Use of declared equipment

PART 5--Rehabilitation and compensation

• 35 Rehabilitation of land
• 35A Compliance directions
• 35B Contravention of Act
• 36 Bonds
• 37 Application of bonds
• 38 Compensation

PART 6--Opal mining co-operation agreements

• 39 Interpretation
• 40 Nature of agreement
• 41 Parties to an agreement
• 42 Content of an agreement
• 43 Registration of agreement
• 44 Agreement may be varied or revoked
• 45 Appeal to Warden's Court
• 46 Persons bound by agreement
• 47 Enforcement of agreement
• 48 Restriction on mining operations by third parties

PART 7--Native title land

Division 1--Prospecting

• 49 Qualification of rights conferred by permit

Division 2--Production

• 50 Limits on grant of tenement
• 51 Applications for tenements

Division 3--Application for declaration

• 52 Application for declaration

Division 4--Negotiating procedure

• 53 Types of agreement authorising mining operations on native title land
• 54 Negotiation of agreements
• 55 Notification of parties affected
• 56 What happens when there are no registered native title parties with whom to negotiate
• 57 Expedited procedure where impact of operations is minimal
• 58 Negotiating procedure
• 59 Agreement
• 60 Effect of registered agreement
• 61 Application for determination
• 62 Criteria for making determination
• 63 Limitation on powers of Court
• 64 Effect of determination
• 65 Ministerial power to overrule determinations
• 66 No re-opening of issues

Division 5--Miscellaneous

• 67 Non-application of this Part to Pitjantjatjara and Maralinga lands
• 68 Compensation to be held on trust in certain cases
• 69 Non-monetary compensation
• 70 Review of compensation
• 70A Opal Mining Native Title Register

PART 8--Special powers of Warden's Court

• 72 Jurisdiction relating to tenements and monetary claims
• 73 Cancellation of permit
• 74 Cancellation of pegging
• 75 Forfeiture of tenement

PART 9--Miscellaneous

• 75A Opal mining registrar
• 76 Opal mining register
• 77 Appointment of authorised persons
• 78 Delegations
• 79 Exemptions
• 80 Passing of property
• 81 Acts of officers, employees and agents
• 82 Offences
• 83 Proceedings for offences
• 84 Prohibition orders
• 85 Power of Opal Mining Registrar to require pegs be removed
• 86 Compliance orders
• 87 Evidentiary provision
• 88 Avoidance of double compensation
• 89 Disposal of waste
• 90 Persons under 18
• 92 Land subject to more than one tenement
• 93 Interaction with Mining Act
• 94 Interaction with other Acts
• 95 Public roads and access routes
• 96 Approval of associations
• 98 Powers of attorney
• 98A Administrative penalties
• 98B Penalties payable into Mining Rehabilitation Fund
• 99 Regulations
• SCHEDULE 1--Transitional provisions
Legislative history