Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023 (WA)

Western Australia

Mining Act 1978

Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023

Western Australia

Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023 Contents Mining Act 1978

Mining Act 1978

Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

• (a)

  regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

• (b)

  the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Land and Public Works Legislation Amendment Act 2023 section 41 comes into operation.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Mining Regulations 1981.

4.Regulation 4F amended

In regulation 4F(1)(b):

• (a)

  delete “within the meaning of the Land Administration Act 1997,” and insert:

   

or diversification lease,

 

• (b)

  delete “pastoral” (2nd occurrence).

5.Regulation 64B amended

In regulation 64B:

• (a)

  delete “lease, or other lease” and insert:

   

lease or a lease otherwise

 

• (b)

  delete “only,” and insert:

   

only or a diversification lease,

 

Note: The heading to amended regulation 64B is to read:

Notice of application for mining tenement to pastoral, grazing or diversification lessee (Act s. 118)

6.Schedule 1 Form 3A amended

In Schedule 1 Form 3A in paragraph (a) after “pastoral lease,” insert:

diversification lease,

V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council