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MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 95A

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 95A

95A .         Exploration licence — surrender of part of block

        (1)         In this section —

        block has the same meaning as it has in Part IV Division 2.

        (2)         The holder of an exploration licence shall not, under section 95(1), surrender part of a block that is subject to the licence without the prior approval of the Minister or an officer of the Department authorised by the Minister to give such approval.

        (3)         Where part of a block that is subject to an exploration licence is surrendered under section 95(1), the rest of the block that remains subject to the licence is deemed to be a block for the purposes of this Act.

        [Section 95A inserted: No. 15 of 2002 s. 20.]