MINING AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 39 OF 2004)

MINING AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 39 OF 2004)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      The Act amended  

   PART 2 -- Amendments about prospecting licences  

   4.      Section 43 amended  
   5.      Section 45 amended and savings provision  
   6.      Section 46 amended and transitional provision  
   7.      Section 56B inserted  

   PART 3 -- Amendments about special prospecting licences  

   8.      Section 56A amended  
   9.      Section 70 amended  
   10.     Section 85B amended  
   11.     Transitional provision  

   PART 4 -- Amendments about exploration licences  

   12.     Section 57 amended  
   13.     Section 57A inserted  
   14.     Section 61 amended  
   15.     Section 63 amended and transitional provision  
   16.     Section 65 amended  
   17.     Section 68 amended  
   18.     Section 69 amended  
   19.     Transitional and savings provisions  

   PART 5 -- Amendments about retention status  

   20.     Section 8 amended  
   21.     Section 50 amended  
   22.     Sections 53 to 55B inserted  
   23.     Section 62 amended  
   24.     Sections 69A to 69E inserted  
   25.     Section 70A replaced  

   PART 6 -- Amendments about mining leases  

   26.     Section 6 amended  
   27.     Sections 70O and 70P inserted  
   28.     Section 73 replaced  
   29.     Section 74 amended  
   30.     Section 74A inserted  
   31.     Section 75 amended  
   32.     Section 82 amended and transitional provision  
   33.     Section 82A inserted  
   34.     Section 85 amended  
   35.     Transitional provision  

   PART 7 -- Amendments about securities  

   36.     Section 70F replaced and transitional provision  
   37.     Section 70K amended  
   38.     Section 82 amended  
   39.     Section 84A replaced and transitional provision  
   40.     Section 92 amended  
   41.     Section 126 amended  

   PART 8 -- Amendments about geological samples  

   42.     Section 8 amended  
   43.     Section 51A inserted  
   44.     Section 70H amended  
   45.     Section 82 amended  
   46.     Section 96 amended  

   PART 9 -- Amendments about wardens and wardens’ courts  

   47.     Section 8 amended  
   48.     Section 13 amended  
   49.     Section 14 repealed  
   50.     Section 20 amended  
   51.     Section 28 amended  
   52.     Section 29 amended  
   53.     Section 30 amended  
   54.     Section 32 amended  
   55.     Section 33 amended  
   56.     Section 42 amended  
   57.     Section 47 amended  
   58.     Section 58 amended  
   59.     Section 59 amended  
   60.     Section 67A amended  
   61.     Section 70D amended  
   62.     Section 70G amended  
   63.     Section 75 amended  
   64.     Section 97A amended  
   65.     Section 98 amended  
   66.     Section 102 amended  
   67.     Section 105A amended  
   68.     Section 130 amended  
   69.     Section 131 amended  
   70.     Section 132 amended  
   71.     Section 134 amended  
   72.     Section 135 amended  
   73.     Section 137 amended  
   74.     Section 138 amended  
   75.     Section 142 amended  
   76.     Sections 144 and 145 repealed  
   77.     Section 146 amended  
   78.     Section 147 amended  
   79.     Section 148 amended  
   80.     Section 151 amended  
   81.     Section 156 amended  
   82.     Sections 160C and 160D inserted  
   83.     Section 161 amended  
   84.     Section 162 amended  
   85.     Various references to “warden” changed to “warden’s court”  
   86.     Transitional provision  

   PART 10 -- Other amendments to the Mining Act 1978  

   87.     Section 8 amended  
   88.     Section 20 amended  
   89.     Section 63A amended  
   90.     Section 70H amended and transitional provision  
   91.     Section 90 replaced  
   92.     Section 95 amended  
   93.     Section 96 amended  
   94.     Section 102 amended  
   95.     Section 105A amended  
   96.     Sections 114B and 114C inserted  
   97.     Section 115B inserted and consequential amendments  
   98.     Section 118A inserted and validation and transitional provisions  
   99.     Section 120AA inserted  
   100.    Section 162 amended  
   101.    Section 163 inserted  

   PART 11 -- Mining Amendment Act 1996 amended  

   102.    The Act amended  
   103.    Section 15 amended  
   104.    Section 18 amended  

   PART 12 -- Transitional regulations  

   105.     Further transitional provisions may be made  
           
[Assented to 3 November 2004]