MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 70O

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 70O

70O .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Division —

        guidelines means guidelines approved by the Director General of Mines for the purposes of this Division;

        mine closure plan means a document that —

            (a)         is in the form required by the guidelines; and

            (b)         contains information of the kind required by the guidelines about the decommissioning of each proposed mine, and the rehabilitation of the land, in respect of which a mining lease is sought or granted, as the case requires;

        mining proposal means a document that —

            (a)         is in the form required by the guidelines; and

            (b)         contains information of the kind required by the guidelines about proposed mining operations in, on or under the land in respect of which a mining lease is sought or granted, as the case requires; and

            (c)         contains a mine closure plan;

        relevant mining proposal , in relation to a mining lease, means —

            (a)         a mining proposal that accompanied the application for the mining lease under section 74(1)(ca); or

            (b)         a mining proposal for which there is approval as described in section 82A(2)(b);

        significant mineralisation has the meaning given in subsection (2).

        (2)         For the purposes of this Division there is significant mineralisation in, on or under land to which an application for a mining lease relates if exploration results in respect of a deposit of minerals located in, on or under that land indicate that there is a reasonable prospect of minerals being obtained by mining operations.

        [Section 70O inserted: No. 39 of 2004 s. 27; amended: No. 12 of 2010 s. 8.]