South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts24—Licence to mine or mill radioactive ores
(1) A person must not
carry out operations for the mining or milling of radioactive ores unless the
operations are authorised by a licence under this section.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to operations of a prescribed class.
(3) Subject to this
section, the Minister may, on application in the prescribed form, grant a
licence under this section.
(4) The Minister must
not grant a licence under this section unless satisfied that the proposed
operations would comply with the regulations.
(4a) A fee of an
amount determined in accordance with the regulations is payable in respect of
each year of the term of a licence under this section.
(4b) The fee for the
first year of the term of a licence under this section must be paid before the
grant of the licence and the fee for each succeeding year must be paid on or
before the anniversary of the date of the grant of the licence or, if it has
been renewed, the anniversary of the date of its last renewal.
(4c) The amount of an
annual fee for a licence not paid as required under this section may be
recovered from the holder of the licence by action in a court of competent
jurisdiction as a debt due to the Minister.
(5) A licence under
this section must specify the operations to which it applies and the places at
which those operations may be carried out.