MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 53
MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 53
53 . Application for retention status
(1) In this section
—
prospecting licence does not include a prospecting
licence that is a primary tenement for the purposes of Division 2A.
(2) The holder of a
prospecting licence may apply to the Minister for approval of retention status
under section 54.
(3) An application
under subsection (2) —
(a)
shall be in writing; and
(b)
shall be made in the prescribed manner; and
(c)
shall contain the prescribed information; and
(d)
shall be accompanied by any map, statement or other information required by
the regulations; and
(e)
shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee.
(4) For the purposes
of subsection (3)(d), but without limiting section 162(5), the regulations may
require a statement or other information to be in the form of a statutory
declaration.
(5) If the holder of a
prospecting licence transfers the licence after making an application under
subsection (2) in respect of the licence, the application continues in the
name of the transferee of the licence as if the transferee had made it.
[Section 53 inserted: No. 39 of 2004 s. 22.]