MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 18

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 18

18 .         Crown land open for mining

                All Crown land, not being Crown land that is the subject of a mining tenement, is open for mining and as such is land —

            (a)         where any person may set up pegs or otherwise mark out the land pursuant to section 104 in connection with an application for a mining tenement; and

            (b)         where the holder of a miner’s right may do the things authorised by section 40D; and

            (c)         which may be made the subject of an application for a mining tenement,

                subject to and in accordance with this Act.

        [Section 18 amended: No. 100 of 1985 s. 11; No. 51 of 2012 s. 7.]