MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 40F

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 40F

40F .         Power to remove Crown land or conservation land from operation of s. 40E

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare that section 40E does not apply to Crown land or conservation land that is —

            (a)         the subject of a specified exploration licence; or

            (b)         in a specified block (within the meaning of Part IV Division 2); 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 40E before the day on which the notice takes effect.

        [Section 40F inserted: No. 51 of 2012 s. 15.]