Mining on Private Land Acts Amendment Act of 1954 (3 Eliz Ii No. 7) (Qld)

MINING. 3 E liz . II. No. 7,1954. Mining on Private Land Acts, Etc\ Act, 235 An Act to Amend “ The Mining on Private Land 3 E N l o i . z . 7. U. Acts, 1909 to 1951,” in certain particulars. T he M ining on P rivate L and A cts [A ssented to 27 th A pril , 1954.] A m A ecntdmofent 1954. E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, B by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1. This Act may be cited as “ The Mining on short title Private Land Acts Amendment Act of 1954,” and shall be construction read as one with *“ The Mining on Private Land Acts, 1909 to 1951,” herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may be cited Collective collectively as “ The Mining on Private Land Acts, 1909tltle- to 1954.” 2. Section thirteen of the Principal Act is amended Amendment by adding thereto the following subsection :— ofs'13' “ (6.) When his title does not confer upon the owner of the mining tenement a right to occupy any portion of the surface thereof, he may at any time make application for an area of surface within such tenement. Every such application shall be inade and dealt with in the same manner as the original application.” 3. Section twenty-one of the Principajl Act is Amendment amended by repealing paragraph (i.) of the proviso of s. 21. thereto and by inserting the following paragraph in lieu of that repealed paragraph :— “ (i.) No prospecting area which may only be held by the holder of a miner’s right, no business area, no market garden area, and no miner’s homestead shall be registered or granted in respect of private land.” 4. Section 21 a of the Principal Act is amended by Amendment repealing the definition of the term “Mineral asofs-2lA- distinguished from gold ” in paragraph (1.) of that section and by inserting, in lieu ofthat repealed definition, the following definition :— “ “ Mineral ” as distinguished from gold— Mineral Aluminium, antimony, arsenic, bismuth,»distin- cobalt, columbium, copper, iron, lead, lithium, fro^gtid. manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, * 9 E. 7 No. 15 and amending Acts.

236 MINING. Mining on Private Land Acts, Etc., Act. 3 E liz . II. No. 7, 1954. platinum and allied metals, silver, tantalum, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, zinc, zirconium and the ores of these metals; also agate, amethyst, beryl, chalcedony, chrysoprase, diamond, emerald, garnet, opal, rock crystal, ruby, sapphire, topaz, tourmaline, turquoise, zircon and other precious and semi-precious stones; also actinolite, anthophyllite, alum, apatite, asbestos, barytes, bauxite, calcite, celestite, chalk, chert, chromite, coal, corundum, cryolite, diatomite, dolomite, emery, felspar, fluorspar, fuller’s earth, garnet rock, graphite, gypsum, iron oxide, limestone, magnesite, marble, mica, mineral oil, monazite, and other rare earth minerals, natural gas, oil shale, olivine, perhte and other volcanic glasses, phosphates, pyrite, rock salt, serpentine, silica, steatite, stronti- anite, sulphur, talc, tremolite, vermiculite, witherite, wollastonite and zeolites; also clays, bentonite, and bentonitic clays, clay shale, fire clay, kaolin, pipeclay, pottery clay, terra-cotta clay and other ceramic, refractory and abrasive minerals; also mineral fertilisers and mineral pigments; also any other substance which the Governor in Council may from time to time by Proclamation published in the Gazette declare to be mineral for the purposes of this Act.” NEWSPAPERS. See P rinting and N ewspapers . NOTARIAL POWERS. AUSTRALIAN CONSULAR OFFICERS. • See E vidence . OFFICERS, NOTARIAL POWERS OF AUSTRALIAN CONSULAR. See E vidence .