Commencement Proclamation (2015-795) (NSW)

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Land Access Arbitration)

Act 2015 No 41

DAVID HURLEY, Governor

I, General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Land Access Arbitration) Act 2015, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 18 December 2015 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(a)	Schedule 1 [1], to the extent that it inserts section 31 (7) into the Mining Act 1992,
(b)	Schedule 1 [2], to the extent that it inserts section 49 (7) into the Mining Act 1992,
(c)	Schedule 2 [27], to the extent that it inserts section 72 (7) into the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 16th day of December 2015.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ANTHONY ROBERTS, MP
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence several amendments made by the Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Land Access Arbitration) Act 2015 that exempt holders of exploration licences or assessment leases for minerals, or of petroleum titles, who carry out seismic surveys on roads from the obligation to obtain the written consent of the owner of any nearby dwelling-house, garden, vineyard, orchard or improvement.