Mining Amendment Regulations 2002 (WA)

GOG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 February 2002

Regulations 2002.

MP301*

Mining Act 1978

Mining Amendment Regulations 2002

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Mining Amendment

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2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties) Regulations 2002 come into operation.

3.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Mining
Regulations 1981*.
[* Reprinted as at 21 July 2000.

For amendments to 24 December 2001 see 2000 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p.	230, and Gazette
2 February, 27 April, 3 and 17 August and 28 September 2001.]

4.            Regulation 85B amended

After regulation 85B(2) the following subregulation is inserted -

(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the tenement holder

as defined in the Mining (Ellendale Diamond payable under those regulations.

5.            Regulation 86 amended

Before the Table to regulation 86 the following subregulation is inserted -

"

(3) This regulation does not apply to diamond obtained

from the Ellendale mining lease as defined in the
Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties)

Regulations 2002.

6.            Regulation 86A amended

After regulation 86A(8) the following subregulatiori is inserted -

M

(9) This regulation does not apply to royalties payable

under the Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties)
Regulations 2002.

7.            Regulation 86F amended

(1) Regulation 86F(1) is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting "or 86AA" and inserting instead -

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86AA or the Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties)

Regulations 2002

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(b)	after paragraph (a) by deleting "or";
(c)	after paragraph (b) by deleting the comma and inserting -

; or

(c) under the Mining (Ellendale Diamond

Royalties) Regulations 2002, for diamond
obtained while the determination is expressed

to apply,

(2) Regulation 86F(2) is amended by inserting after "86A"

or the Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties)

Regulations 2002

(3) Regulation 86F(3) is amended in the definition of "royalty base"
by inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph -

(aa) in the case of diamond obtained from the

Ellendale mining lease as defined in the which those regulations fix the rate of royalty payable for that mineral;
Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties)

8.             Regulation 87B amended

Regulation 87B(1)(b) is amended by inserting after
"regulation 85B"

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or the Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties)

Regulations 2002

9.             Regulation 89 amended

Regulation 89 is amended by inserting after "regulations"

or the Mining (Ellendale Diamond Royalties)

Regulations 2002

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.