MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 16

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 16

16 .         Constitution of mineral fields and dealings with Crown land in them

        (1)         The Governor may, by proclamation —

            (a)         constitute any part of the State, including any area that comes within paragraph (b) of the definition of land in section 8(1), to be a mineral field; or

            (b)         divide any mineral field into districts; or

            (c)         alter or amend the boundaries of a mineral field or district; or

            (d)         abolish a mineral field or district.

        (2)         Any part of the State that was immediately before the commencing date a mineral field or district thereof or a goldfield or district thereof under the repealed Act, shall be deemed to be a mineral field or district thereof constituted under this Act and may be dealt with as provided in subsection (1).

        (3)         No Crown land that is in a mineral field shall be leased, transferred in fee simple, or otherwise disposed of under the provisions of the Land Administration Act 1997 , without the approval of the Minister.

        (4)         A provision of a diversification lease over Crown land that is in a mineral field must not be varied so as to alter a purpose of the lease without the approval of the Minister.

        (5)         Crown land that is in a mineral field must not be identified in a diversification lease under the Land Administration Act 1997 section 92C(4) without the approval of the Minister.

        [Section 16 amended: No. 31 of 1997 s. 71(2) and 141; No. 12 of 2003 s. 7; No. 4 of 2023 s. 132.]