MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 110

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 110

110 .         Mining lease restricted to certain minerals

                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, the Minister may, having regard to the locality wherein the land the subject of an application for a mining lease is, and if the Minister considers it is in the public interest to do so, grant the applicant a mining lease that authorises the holder thereof to mine on or under or both, and remove from the land the subject of the mining lease, only such mineral as is specified in the lease.

        [Section 110 amended: No. 57 of 1997 s. 89(4).]