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MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 96

MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 96

96 .         Release of mining information

        (1)         In this regulation —

        combined mineral exploration report means a combined mineral exploration report filed in accordance with arrangements referred to in section 115A(4);

        mineral exploration report includes a combined mineral exploration report;

        mining information means —

            (a)         information contained in —

                  (i)         a mineral exploration report; or

                  (ii)         an operations report; or

                  (iii)         a report required under regulation 36(d) or  41(d); or

                  (iv)         a production report furnished under regulation 85A(1) or (2),

                irrespective of when the report was filed, furnished or otherwise given; and

            (b)         any other information relating to mining supplied to the Minister, a warden or an official of the Department under the Act irrespective of when the information was supplied,

        but does not include —

            (c)         information of the kind described in paragraph (a) or (b) if it is in the form of mining statistics compiled under regulation 95A; or

            (d)         information of the kind described in paragraph (b) if it is environment information as described in regulation 96CA(2);

        operations report has the same meaning as in section 115A(1);

        release means publish, print, reproduce or otherwise make available to the public.

        (2)         The Minister may only release mining information —

            (a)         with the written consent of the holder for the time being of the mining tenement the subject of the information or of a mining tenement granted in renewal or substitution of that mining tenement; or

            (b)         after the expiry of the period of 3 months immediately following the surrender, forfeiture, expiry or cancellation of the mining tenement the subject of the information or of a mining tenement granted in renewal or substitution of that mining tenement; or

            (c)         in accordance with subregulation (4); or

            (d)         in the case of a combined mineral exploration report, in accordance with subregulation (7).

        (3)         Despite subregulation (2), a person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, obtain at the Department at Perth a copy of the front page of an operations report in the form of Form 5, together with either Attachment 1 — “ Summary of Mineral Exploration/Mining Activities ” or Attachment 2 — “ Summary of Prospecting and/or Small Scale Mining Activities ”, as the case may be.

        (4)         Subject to subregulation (5), the Minister may release mining information that has been held at the Department for a period of 5 years or more.

        (4a)         Subregulation (4) does not apply to mining information that consists of information as to sales value contained in a production report furnished under regulation 85A(1).

        (5)         The Minister may, upon the written application of the holder of a mining tenement the subject of mining information to which subregulation (4) applies or of a mining tenement granted in renewal of or substitution for such a mining tenement, refuse to release the information for a further period or further periods not exceeding 5 years in each case.

        (6)         An application under subregulation (5) shall set out the reasons why the mining information should not be released immediately.

        (7)         If —

            (a)         a mining tenement, or part of a mining tenement, the subject of information in a combined mineral exploration report is surrendered, forfeited or expires or is cancelled; and

            (b)         the former holder of that mining tenement or that part of the mining tenement fails to provide a separate mineral exploration report in respect of the mining tenement or part of the mining tenement within the period of 3 months immediately following its surrender, forfeiture, expiry or cancellation,

                the Minister may, at the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (b), release information relating to any mining tenement contained in the combined mineral exploration report.

        [Regulation 96 inserted: Gazette 13 Oct 1995 p. 4819‑20; amended: Gazette 11 Jun 1999 p. 2544; 3 Feb 2006 p. 597-9; 15 Jan 2010 p. 112; 7 Dec 2012 p. 5995.]