MINING AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 51 OF 2012) - SECT 5

MINING AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 51 OF 2012) - SECT 5

5 .         Section 8 amended

        (1)         In section 8(1) insert in alphabetical order:

        Commonwealth land means —

            (a)         land in respect of which the Commonwealth holds a freehold or leasehold interest; or

            (b)         land that is otherwise vested in or held by the Commonwealth or vested in or held by an officer or person on behalf of the Commonwealth;

        miner’s right means a miner’s right issued under section 40C;

        processed mineral resource means a substance produced from a mineral that is under the surface of land without the mineral being removed from the land;

        (2)         In section 8(1) in the definition of mining operations :

            (a)         after “smelted” insert:

                combusted

            (b)         after “obtaining any mineral” insert:

                or processed mineral resource

            (c)         after paragraph (c) insert:

            (da)         operations by means of which a processed mineral resource is produced and recovered; and

            (d)         in paragraph (d) delete “lawful”.

        (3)         In section 8(1) in the definition of private land delete “means any land” and insert:

                means any land, other than Commonwealth land,