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MINERALS AND PETROLEUM
MP301*
Mining Act 1978
Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2011
Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in Executive
Council.
1. Citation
These regulations are the Mining Amendment Regulations
(No. 4) 2011. |
2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation as follows —
| (a) | regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; |
| (b) | the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2011. |
3. Regulations amended
These regulations amend the Mining Regulations 1981.
4. Regulation 4D amended
In regulation 4D(2) delete “item 2 of Schedule 2.” and insert:
Schedule 2 item 9.
5. Regulation 16C amended
In regulation 16C(2) delete “item 2A of Schedule 2.” and insert:
Schedule 2 item 10.
6. Regulation 23BA amended
In regulation 23BA(2) delete “item 2A of Schedule 2.” and
insert: |
| Schedule 2 item 10. |
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7. Regulation 25B amended
In regulation 25B delete “item 2B of Schedule 2.” and insert:
Schedule 2 item 11.
8. Regulation 64 amended
| (1) | In regulation 64(1b) delete “item 2 of Schedule 2.” and insert: |
| Schedule 2 item 9. |
| (2) | Delete regulation 64(1c) and insert: |
| (1C) | An application for a mining tenement of particular land
must be accompanied by the annual rent set out in
whichever of Schedule 2 items 1 to 8 that applies to
that kind of mining tenement. |
9. Regulation 69A deleted
Delete regulation 69A.
10. Regulation 84D amended
In regulation 84D delete “item 3 of Schedule 2” and insert:
Schedule 2 item 12
11. Regulation 109 amended
In regulation 109(3) delete “rent, including GST,” and insert:
rent
12. Regulation 109A deleted
Delete regulation 109A.
13. Regulation 165 amended
| (1) | In regulation 165(6) delete “Fourth Schedule.” and insert: |
| Schedule 4. |
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| (2) | In regulation 165(7)(f) delete “item 13.” and insert: |
| item 22. |
14. Schedule 2 replaced
Delete Schedule 2 and insert:
Schedule 2 — Fees and rents
[r. 2, 4D(2), 16C(2), 23BA(2), 25B, 28A(1), 64(1b) and (1c), 84D, 109(1) and
(3), 121(2), 163(2) and (4) and 165(7)(f)]
$
1. Annual rent of existing exploration licence per square kilometre or part of one square kilometre —
| (a) | for years 1 to 7 of the term of the | |
| licence ..................................................... | 43.50 |
| (b) | for year 8, and each subsequent year, of |
| the term of the licence ............................. | 146.50 | |
2. Annual rent of graticular exploration licence —
| (a) | one block licence applied for after | |
| 1 July 1999 .............................................. | 273.00 |
| (b) | all other licences, per block — |
| (i) | for years 1 to 3 of the term of the | |
| licence ........................................... | 113.50 |
(ii) for years 4 and 5 of the term of
| the licence ..................................... | 176.50 | |
(iii) for years 6 and 7 of the term of
| the licence ..................................... | 239.50 | |
(iv) for year 8, and each subsequent
| year, of the term of the licence ..... | 453.50 | |
3. Annual rent of general purpose lease per
| hectare or part of one hectare .......................... | 13.30 | |
4. Annual rent of lease granted under the Mining Act 1904, either pursuant to or continued in force by virtue of an agreement
scheduled to, incorporated in, or appearing in
an Act or a variation of such an agreement,
| per hectare or part of one hectare .................... | 15.00 | |
5. Annual rent of mining lease per hectare or
| part of one hectare ........................................... | 15.00 | |
6. Annual rent of miscellaneous licence per hectare or part of one hectare —
| (a) | for the purpose referred to in | |
| regulation 42B(ia) ................................. | 0.50 |
| (b) | for any other purpose ............................ | 13.30 |
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$
7. Annual rent of prospecting licence per
hectare or part of one hectare (minimum
| $22.00) ............................................................. | 2.20 | |
8. Annual rent of retention licence per hectare
| or part of one hectare ....................................... | 6.50 | |
9. Application fee for —
| (a) | exploration licence — | |
| (i) | one block ...................................... | 275.00 |
| (ii) | more than one block ..................... | 1 175.00 395.00 |
| (b) | general purpose lease.............................. |
| (c) | | mining lease ........................................... | 395.00 | |
| (d) | | miscellaneous licence ............................ | 395.00 | |
| (e) | | permit under section 20A ....................... | r. 4D(2) | 25.00 | |
| (f) | | prospecting licence ................................ | 260.00 | |
| (g) | | retention licence ..................................... | 665.00 | |
| 10. | Application fee for approval of retention status ............................................................... | 250.00 |
| 11. | Copy of all or part of document or report (per |
| copy) ............................................ ... ................. | r. 25B | 8.00 |
12. Copy of —
| (a) | entry in the register (per tenement) ........ | r. 84D | 8.00 | |
| (b) | dealing or other instrument (per | |
| tenement) ............................................... | r. 84D | 8.00 |
| 13. | Certification of a document ............................ | r. 109 | 6.60 |
| 14. | Exemption from expenditure conditions — |
| (a) | one year exemption for — |
| (i) prospecting licence ........................ (ii) exploration licence ........................ | r. 54 | 335.00 | |
| (iii) mining lease .................................. | r. 54 | 465.00 |
| (b) | 5 year exemption for mining lease ......... | r. 54 | 2 325.00 |
15. Issue of —
| (a) | duplicate instrument of lease ................. | r. 83 | 33.00 | | (b) | miner’s right .......................................... | s. 20 | 25.00 | |
| 16. | | Partial surrender of a mining tenement ........... | r. 45 | 100.00 | |
17. Application for permit to enter private land
(per lot or location affected — minimum
| $26.40) ............................................................. | r. 5 | 6.60 | |
18. Private land — application to bring under the
| Act ................................................................... | r. 8 | 21.00 | |
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19. Registration or recording of instruments (per tenement affected where applicable) —
| (a) | application for copy document ............... | r. 105 | 100.00 | | (b) | caveat ..................................................... | r. 76 | 100.00 | | (c) | devolution .............................................. | r. 102 | 100.00 | |
| (d) | discharge/withdrawal of any | |
| encumbrance .......................................... | r. 76A, 83 | 6.60 |
| (e) | injunction ............................................... | r. 109 | 100.00 |
| (f) | judgment/order of court ......................... | r. 109 | 100.00 |
| (g) | mortgage ................................................ | r. 77 | 100.00 |
| (h) | power of attorney — each ...................... | r. 108 | 100.00 |
| (i) | seizure — notice of ................................ | r. 132 | 100.00 |
| (j) | tax memorial .......................................... | r. 84A | 100.00 |
| (k) | transfer — |
| (i) | mining tenement ......................... | r. 75 | 100.00 |
| (ii) | mortgage ..................................... | r. 84 | 100.00 |
| (l) | withdrawal of memorial ......................... | r. 84A | 6.60 |
| 20. | Restoration of mining tenement ....................... | r. 51 | 203.00 |
| 21. | Copy of front page of Form 5, together with |
| either Attachment 1 — “Summary of Mineral |
| Exploration/Mining Activities” or |
| Attachment 2 — “Summary of Prospecting |
| and/or Small Scale Mining Activities”, as the |
| case may be ...................................................... | r. 96(3) | 8.00 |
22. Fees relating to proceedings under Parts VII and VIII —
| (a) | for entering a plaint or an application, | |
excluding service fee, but including the
issue of summons for each respondent
| and all necessary witness summonses .... | 56.50 |
| (b) | response and all necessary witness |
| summonses ............................................. | 39.00 | |
| (c) | all necessary applications and |
| affidavits ................................................ | 5.70 | |
| (d) | order made by warden including an |
| order for an injunction ........................... | 17.00 | |
| (e) | copy of — |
| (i) | evidence — per page ................... | 8.00 | |
| (ii) | a judgment, decision or order — | |
| per page ....................................... | 1.10 |
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| (f) | taxation of bill of costs .......................... $0.05 in each amount of |
$1.00 on amount of
lodged bill (minimum
fee $10.00) — however
where the lodged bill
exceeds $1 000 the fee
is reduced to $0.025 in
each $1.00 for the
excess, plus $50.00
By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator,
G. MOORE, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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