MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 44

MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 44

44 .         Shape of tenement after partial surrender (Act s. 95)

        (1)         Where a mining tenement is surrendered in part under section 95 of the Act, the part of the tenement remaining after surrender shall except in respect of an exploration licence constitute a single area the shape of which is as near as practicable as the circumstances permit in accordance with regulation 92, but —

            (a)         in respect of an existing exploration licence, the part remaining shall consist of not more than 3 discrete areas each of which is of the shape prescribed by that regulation or as near to that shape as is practicable; or

            (b)         in respect of a graticular exploration licence, the graticular sections that constitute the blocks that remain subject to the exploration licence shall comply with section 65(4b).

        (2)         The surrender in part under section 95 of the Act of one or more mining tenements may be conditional on an application for a new mining tenement in respect of the whole or any part of the area of —

            (a)         the part of the mining tenement; or

            (b)         the parts of the mining tenements,

                so surrendered being granted to the holder of that mining tenement or those mining tenements.

        [Regulation 44 amended: Gazette 12 Nov 1982 p. 4490; 31 May 1991 p. 2697‑8; 9 Nov 2012 p. 5400.]