Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 20B

20B .         Power to remove Crown land from the operation of section 20A

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare that section 20A does not apply to Crown land that is —

            (a)         the subject of a specified exploration licence;

            (b)         in a specified block (within the meaning of Division 2 of Part IV); or

            (c)         in a specified area of the State.

        (2)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , vary or cancel a notice under subsection (1).

        (3)         A notice under this section takes effect on the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette or such later day as is specified in the notice.

        (4)         A notice under this section does not affect the operation of a permit issued under section 20A before the day on which the notice takes effect.

        [Section 20B inserted by No. 63 of 2000 s. 5.]