MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 69A

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 69A

69A .         Application for retention status

        (1)         In this section —

        exploration licence does not include an exploration licence that is a primary tenement for the purposes of Division 2A.

        (2)         The holder of an exploration licence may apply to the Minister for approval of retention status under section 69B.

        (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 an exploration 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 69A inserted: No. 39 of 2004 s. 24.]