Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
relevant licence means a prospecting licence the
term of which expires within 12 months after the day on which
section 7 of the Mining Amendment Act 2004 comes into operation.
(2) Despite
sections 18, 23 and 27 but subject to the other provisions of this Act,
the holder of a relevant licence has, while the licence continues in force,
the right to apply for a prospecting licence in respect of the whole or any
part of the land the subject of the relevant licence.
(3) Where the holder
of a relevant licence exercises the right conferred by subsection (2) and
the term of the relevant licence would but for this subsection expire, the
relevant licence shall continue in force in respect of the land the subject of
the application for a prospecting licence until the application is determined.
(4) If the holder of a
relevant licence transfers the licence after making an application for a
prospecting licence in the exercise of the right conferred by
subsection (2), the application continues in the name of the transferee
of the licence as if the transferee had made it.
[Section 56B inserted by No. 39 of 2004
s. 7.]
[ 56AA. Deleted by No. 52 of 1995
s. 25.]