Mineral Resources Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 1994 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1994 No. 148 Mineral Resources Act 1989 MINERAL RESOURCES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 4) 1994 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Amendment of s 1.4 (Definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 3.2 (Register of prospecting permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 4.2 (Register of mining claims) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Insertion of new ss 4.9–4.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4.9 Area of mining claim land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4.10 Use of machinery on mining claim land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4.11 Prohibited machinery on mining claim land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Amendment of s 5.2 (Register of exploration permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Amendment of s 6.2 (Register of mineral development licences) . . . . . . . 5 9 Amendment of s 7.2 (Register of mining leases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of Sch 5 (Restricted areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Insertion of new Sch 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SCHEDULE 7 AREA OF MINING CLAIM LAND PART 1—EMERALD MINING DISTRICT PART 2—GEORGETOWN MINING DISTRICT PART 3—QUILPIE MINING DISTRICT PART 4—WINTON MINING DISTRICT

2 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 12 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MINOR AMENDMENTS

s1 3 s6 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Mineral Resources Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 1994 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Mineral Resources Regulation 1990 . ˙ Amendment of s 1.4 (Definition) 3. Section 1.4— insert— ‘ “designated area” has the meaning given by the Mining (Fossicking) Act1985 ;’. ˙ Amendment of s 3.2 (Register of prospecting permits) 4. Section 3.2(1), from ‘is to record’ to ‘therefor’— omit, insert— ‘must record the following particulars of each application for a prospecting permit and each prospecting permit’. ˙ Amendment of s 4.2 (Register of mining claims) 5. Section 4.2(1), from ‘is to record’ to ‘therefor’— omit, insert— ‘must record the following particulars of each application for a mining claim and each mining claim’. ˙ Insertion of new ss 4.9–4.11 6. After section 4.8— insert—

s6 4 s6 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 ˙ ‘ Area of mining claim land ‘ 4.9 The area of a mining claim over land in a designated area or restricted area in a mining district specified in Schedule 7 must not be more than the area specified for the land in Schedule 7. ˙ ‘ Use of machinery on mining claim land ‘ 4.10(1) The following types of machinery, mechanical devices or other equipment may be used for prospecting or hand mining on land in a mining claim— (a) picks, shovels, hammers, gads, sieves; (b) internal combustion, gas, air, electricity, water or steam powered mechanical devices. ‘ (2) The mechanical devices mentioned in subsection (1)(b) include windlasses, winches, shutes, feeders, pulsators, trommels, jack-picks, compressors, hoists, pumps, drills, elevators, shakers, vibrators, willoughbys, driers, separators, filters, classifiers and puddlers. ˙ ‘ Prohibited machinery on mining claim land ‘ 4.11(1) The following types of internal combustion, gas, air, electricity or steam powered machinery, mechanical devices or other equipment may not be used in, on or under land in a mining claim in any part of the State— (a) rippers, bulldozers, tractors, graders, loaders, end-loaders, draglines, excavators, bobcats, traxcavators, backhoes, scrapers, bucket excavators, continuous miners, scoopmobiles, scoops, scarifiers, rooters, dredges, clamshells; (b) cranes, locomotives, ropeways, monorails, carts and motor vehicles, including trucks and trailers. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to machinery, mechanical devices or other equipment mentioned in the subsection used to— (a) transport mineral bearing ore or wash, water, machinery, mechanical devices, other equipment and materials used in connection with mining operations; or (b) build storage facilities for water used in connection with mining

s 7 5 s 10 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 operations; or (c) rehabilitate the surface area of the land.’. ˙ Amendment of s 5.2 (Register of exploration permits) 7. Section 5.2(1), from ‘The Director-General’ to ‘therefor’— omit, insert— ‘The chief executive must record the following particulars of each application for an exploration permit and each exploration permit’. ˙ Amendment of s 6.2 (Register of mineral development licences) 8. Section 6.2(1), from ‘The Director-General’ to ‘therefor’— omit, insert— ‘The chief executive must record the following particulars of each application for a mineral development licence and each mineral development licence’. ˙ Amendment of s 7.2 (Register of mining leases) 9. Section 7.2(1), from ‘is to record’ to ‘therefor’— omit, insert— ‘must record the following particulars of each application for a mining lease and each mining lease’. ˙ Amendment of Sch 5 (Restricted areas) 10.(1) Schedule 5, Part 2, Restricted Area 1, clause 2— insert— ‘ (2) Restrictions 2(5) and 3(3) also apply to land within the boundaries shown on Plan Nos 34340 and 40862. ‘ (3) For restriction 2(5), the area is— (a) for a mining lease for specified minerals for land within the boundaries shown on—

s 10 6 s 10 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 (i) Plan No. 34340—20 ha; and (ii) Plan No. 40862—100 ha; and (b) for a mining lease for specified purposes (other than mining or diverting or appropriating water)—4 ha. ‘ (4) For restriction 3(3), the number of mining leases for specified purposes (other than mining or diverting or appropriating water) is 2.’. (2) Schedule 5, Part 2, Restricted Area 25, clause 2— insert— ‘ (2) Restriction 1(5) also applies to land within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 30692. ‘ (3) Restrictions 2(5) and 3(3) also apply to land within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 30953 (other than land within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 30692). ‘ (4) For restriction 2(5), the area is— (a) for a mining lease for specified minerals—2 ha; and (b) for a mining lease for specified purposes (other than mining)—4 ha. ‘ (5) For restriction 3(3), the number of mining leases is— (a) for a mining lease for specified minerals—2; and (b) for a mining lease for specified purposes (other than mining)—2.’. (3) Schedule 5, Part 2, Restricted Area 26, clause 2— insert— ‘ (2) Restriction 1(5) also applies to land within the boundaries shown on Plan Nos 31027 and 31028.’. (4) Schedule 5, Part 2, Restricted Area 35, clause 2— insert— ‘ (2) Restriction 1(5) also applies to land within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 41144.’. (5) Schedule 5, Part 2, Restricted Area 77, clause 2—

s 11 7 s 11 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 insert— ‘ (2) Restriction 1(5) also applies to land within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 30955.’. (6) Schedule 5, Part 2, Restricted Area 83, clause 2— insert— ‘ (2) Restriction 1(5) also applies to land in the area shown on Plan No. 30971.’. ˙ Insertion of new Sch 7 11. After Schedule 6— insert— ‘ SCHEDULE 7 ‘ AREA OF MINING CLAIM LAND section 4.9 ‘ PART 1—EMERALD MINING DISTRICT 1. Rubyvale designated area—900 m 2 2. Sapphire designated area—900 m 2 3. Reward designated area—900 m 2 4. Divide designated area—900 m 2 5. Willows designated area—900 m 2 .

s 12 8 s 12 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 ‘ PART 2—GEORGETOWN MINING DISTRICT 1. Land in Restricted Area 26 within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 31028—900 m 2 2. Land in Restricted Area 35 within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 41144—900 m 2 . ‘ PART 3—QUILPIE MINING DISTRICT 1. Land in Restricted Area 25 within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 30953 1 —900 m 2. ‘ PART 4—WINTON MINING DISTRICT 1. Land in Restricted Area 77 within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 30955—900 m2.’. ˙ Repeal 12. All orders in council made under the Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this regulation are repealed. 1 Including land within the boundaries shown on Plan No. 30692.

9 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 ¡ SCHEDULE MINOR AMENDMENTS section 2 1. Sections 1.6(2), 3.2(3), 4.2(3), 4.4(2), 5.1(c), (d), (e) and (f), 5.2(3), 5.5(1) and (2), 6.1(d), (e) and (f), 6.2(3), 6.3(1), 6.4, 7.2(3), 7.4(2), 7.8(1), 9.3, 9.4, 11.1, 11.2, 11.4, 11.7, 11.8, 11.14(1), 11.15(2) and 11.16, ‘Director-General’— omit, insert— ‘chief executive’. 2. Sections 3.2(3), 4.2(3), 5.2(3), 6.2(3) and 7.2(3)— omit— ‘from time to time’. 3. Sections 4.3(1) and (2), 4.6, 4.7(2), 6.3(1) and (2), 6.4, 6.5(2), 7.3(1) and (2), 7.6, 7.7(2), 9.3, 9.6(1), 11.10, 11.11, 11.12(1), 11.13 and 11.14(2), ‘prescribed form’— omit, insert— ‘approved form’. 4. Sections 4.4(1) and (2) and 7.4(1) and (2), ‘Commissioner for Railways’— omit, insert— ‘chief executive of Queensland Railways’.

10 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 4) No. 148, 1994 SCHEDULE (continued) 5. Schedule 5, Part 2, Restricted Areas 2 to 6, 11, 15, 16, 22, 24, 32, 34, 37 to 40, 43, 45 to 47, 50, 53 to 56, 60 to 63, 68 to 71, 78 to 82, 93, 95, 96, 100, 103, 106, 125, 129, 131 to 134, 137, 139, 142, 144, 150, 152, 153, 158 to 162, 166, 169 to 171, 174, 179 to 181, 194, 231, 234, 237 to 239, 241 and 266 to 288, headings— omit . 6. Sections 4.4(1), 7.4(1), 11.3, 11.5(1), 11.5(2), 11.6, 11.7, and 11.8, at the end— insert— ‘Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.’. 7. Section 11.17— omit . ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 12 May 1994. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 13 May 1994. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Minerals and Energy. © State of Queensland 1994