STATUTORY RULES.
1933.
No. 80.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1906-1932.
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Lands Acquisition Act 1906-1932
to come into operation forthwith.
Dated
this twenty-first day of June, 1933.
ISAAC A. ISAACS
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. A. PERKINS
Minister of State for the Interior.
Lands
Acquisition Regulations.
Short
title
1. These
Regulations may be cited as the Mining on Commonwealth Lands Regulations.
Definition
2. In these Regulations—
“lease”
means a lease authorized under section sixty-two of the Act;
“licence”
means a licence authorized under section sixty-two of the Act;
“the
Act” means the Lands Acquisition Act 1906-1932
as amended from time to time.
State
law inconsistent with lease or licence.
3. Where the law of any
State relating to mining is inconsistent with any term, condition, stipulation
or requirement contained in a lease or licence such law shall, to the extent to
which it is so inconsistent, not apply to the lease or licence or to mining
carried on by virtue thereof.
Fees
payable under State law.
4. Where, under the terms
of an arrangement entered into by the Governor-General in pursuance of
sub-section (3.) of section sixty-two of the Act, any fees or other charges are
payable to the Government of a State or to any State authority in connexion with
mining operations conducted by a lessee or licensee on land which is the
subject of a lease or licence, such fees or other charges shall be payable by
the issue or licensee, as the case may be.
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.