• Specific Year
    Any

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 46

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 46

46 .         Conditions attached to every prospecting licence

                In addition to any conditions that may be prescribed or imposed with respect to a prospecting licence, every prospecting licence shall be deemed to be granted subject to the condition that the holder of the licence will prospect for minerals and to the following conditions —

            (a)         that all minerals of economic interest discovered in or on the land the subject of the prospecting licence be promptly reported in writing by the holder to the Minister;

            (aa)         that no ground disturbing equipment will be used by the holder when prospecting on the land the subject of the prospecting licence unless —

                  (i)         the holder has lodged in the prescribed manner a programme of work in respect of that use; and

            (iia)         the holder has paid the prescribed assessment fee in respect of the programme of work; and

                  (ii)         the programme of work has been approved in writing by the Minister or a prescribed official;

            (b)         that all holes, pits, trenches and other disturbances to the surface of the land the subject of the prospecting licence which are —

                  (i)         made while prospecting; and

                  (ii)         in the opinion of a prescribed official, likely to endanger the safety of any person or animal,

                will be filled in or otherwise made safe to the satisfaction of the prescribed official;

            (c)         that all necessary steps are taken by the holder to prevent fire, damage to trees or other property and to prevent damage to any property or damage to livestock by the presence of dogs, the discharge of firearms, the use of vehicles or otherwise.

        [Section 46 amended: No. 69 of 1981 s. 16; No. 100 of 1985 s. 32; No. 57 of 1997 s. 89(1); No. 39 of 2004 s. 6(1); No. 51 of 2012 s. 16.]