MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 43
MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 43
43 . Prospecting licence not to include land already subject of mining tenement
(1) Where an
application for a prospecting licence relates to land that is, or was when the
application was made, the subject of a mining tenement, any prospecting
licence granted in respect of that application shall not include that land.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not apply in relation to a special prospecting licence granted under
section 56A, 70 or 85B or a prospecting licence granted in respect of an
application under section 56B or a reversion licence application.
[Section 43 inserted: No. 15 of 2002 s. 6;
amended: No. 39 of 2004 s. 4; No. 27 of 2005 s. 5.]