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MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 55A

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 55A

55A .         Programme of work

        (1)         On the approval of retention status under section 54, or at any subsequent time, the Minister may impose on the holder of the prospecting licence a condition requiring the holder to comply with a specified programme of work in respect of the land the subject of the licence within a specified period.

        (2)         Before imposing a condition under subsection (1), the Minister may require the holder of the licence to submit to the Minister a draft programme of work in a form approved by the Minister and the holder shall comply with that requirement.

        (3)         A condition imposed under subsection (1) may be cancelled or varied by the Minister at any time.

        (4)         A condition imposed under subsection (1) —

            (a)         may be endorsed on the prospecting licence, for which purpose the holder of the licence shall produce the licence on demand; and

            (b)         whether or not so endorsed, on notice of the imposition of the condition being given in writing to the holder of the licence shall for all purposes have effect as a condition to which the licence is subject.

        (5)         In subsection (1) —

        specified means specified in writing by the Minister.

        [Section 55A inserted: No. 39 of 2004 s. 22.]