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SOUTH AUSTRALIA

MINING REGULATIONS 1996 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

1.             Citation

2.             Commencement

3.             Revocation

4.             Interpretation

5.             Special approval required in certain cases

6.             Special conditions for tenements over the sea bed

PART 2

MINER’S RIGHTS

7.             Application for a miner’s right (s. 20)

8.             Issue of miner’s right

9.             Renewal of miner’s right

10.            Issue of duplicate if miner’s right lost, etc.

11.            Surrender of miner’s right

PART 3 CLAIMS

DIVISION 1—MINERAL CLAIMS

12.            Size (s. 23)

13.            Shape of claim

14.            Mode of taking possession

15.            Maintenance of claims

16.            Application for registration of claim (s. 24)

17.            Display of registration number

18.            Cancellation of claim

19.            Surrender of claim (s. 26(4))

20.            Insufficiently defined claims

21.            Reduction in area of a claim

22.            Continuation of claim if application made for lease

23.            Cessation of claim if lease granted

DIVISION 2—ACCESS CLAIMS

24.            Determination of site

25.            Size

26.            Shape of claim

27.            Mode of taking possession

28.            Maintenance of claims

29.            Application for registration of claim (s. 63C)

30.            Display of registration number

31.            Renewal of access claims (s. 63E)

32.            Surrender of claim (s. 63E)

PART 4 LEASES

DIVISION 1—MINING LEASES

33.            Prescribed classes of lease (s. 34(3))

34.            Nature of lease

35.            Application for a lease (s. 35)

36.            Notification of proposed terms and conditions

37.            Display of lease number

38.            Superimposed leases

DIVISION 2—RETENTION LEASES

39.            Application for a lease (s. 41B)

40.            Display of lease number

DIVISION 3—COMMON PROVISIONS

41.            Terms and conditions of a lease

42.            Conditions to be observed after notification of approval

43.            Annual rent

44.            Maintenance of leases

45.            Transfer of leases

46.            Surrender of lease

47.            Rights of surrender

48.            Renewal of leases

PART 5

GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CLAIMS AND LEASES

49.            Working conditions

50.            Amalgamation of working conditions

51.            Suspension of working conditions

52.            Exemptions

53.            Roads and pipelines across tenements

PART 6

LICENCES

DIVISION 1—EXPLORATION LICENCES

54.            Conditions of an exploration licence

55.            Conditions to be observed after notification of approval

56.            Annual rent

57.            Cessation of claim or lease

DIVISION 2—MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES LICENCES

58.            Application for a licence (s. 53)

59.            Size

60.            Mode of taking possession

61.            Display of licence number

62.            Conditions to be observed after notification of approval

63.            Annual rent

64.            Maintenance of licence

65.            Transfer of licences

66.            Renewal of licence

PART 7

ENTRY ON LAND

67.            Notice of entry

68.            Use of declared equipment

69.            Lapse of notices

70.            Objection to entry or use of declared equipment

71.            Waiver of exemption

72.            Copy of exemption to be lodged with Mining Registrar

73.            Conditions of entry not affected by transfer

PART 8

REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS

74.            Caveats

75.            Tenement documents to be issued in duplicate

76.            Consent of Minister

77.            Status of unregistered instruments

78.            Amendment of register

79.            Search of register

80.            Divesting of right to claim royalty

PART 9

EXTRACTIVE AREAS REHABILITATION FUND

81.            Interpretation

82.            Application

83.            Progressive payments

84.            Payments to support rehabilitation of land

85.            Conditions

PART 10

MISCELLANEOUS

86.            Removal of posts

87.            Rectification of boundaries

88.            Superimposed tenements—consent

89.            Action to comply

90.            Offices of Mining Registrar

91.            False information

92.            Change of name or address

93.            Mining return

94.            Records and samples

95.            Duplicate tenement document

96.            Due date for royalty payments

97.            Declaration

98.            Power of court to award costs

99.            Recording of proceedings

100.          Application for native title declaration

101.          Approved associations for umbrella authorisations

102.          Notice initiating negotiations with native title parties

103.          Execution and return of renewal documents

104.          Service of documents

105.          Forms

106.          Execution of forms

107.          Fees

108.          Damage to posts

109.          Offences

110.          Special mining enterprises

111.          Expiry of regulations

SCHEDULE 1

Forms

SCHEDULE 2

Fees

SCHEDULE 3

Rents

SCHEDULE 4

Prescribed Requirements

APPENDIX

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

REGULATIONS UNDER THE MINING ACT 1971

Mining Regulations 1996

being

No. 178 of 1996: Gaz. 1 August 1996, p. 2941

as varied by

No. 87 of 1997: Gaz. 13 May 1997, p. 18802

No. 235 of 1997: Gaz. 4 December 1997, p. 15413

No. 109 of 1998: Gaz. 28 May 1998, p. 24244

1 Came into operation 1 September 1996: reg. 2.

2 Came into operation 1 July 1997: reg. 2.

3 Came into operation 4 December 1997: reg. 2.

4 Came into operation 1 July 1998: reg. 2.

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation 1. These regulations may be cited as the Mining Regulations 1996.

Commencement

2. The regulations will come into operation on 1 September 1996.

Revocation

3. All regulations previously made under the Mining Act 1971 are revoked.

Interpretation

4. (1) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

"Act" means the Mining Act 1971;

"Chief Inspector" means the Chief Inspector of Mines;

"claim" means a mineral claim or an access claim;

"company" means a company within the meaning of the Corporations Law;

"holder", in relation to a mining tenement, means—

(a)

in the case of a claim—the owner of the claim;

(b)

in the case of a lease—the lessee;

(c)

in the case of a licence—the licensee;

"Mining Register" means the register kept by the Mining Registrar under section 15A of the

Act.

(2) The following are prescribed purposes under paragraph (a) of the definition of "extractive minerals" under the Act, namely chemical, cement, lime and glass manufacture, metallurgical flux, refractories, industrial fillers, and foundries, fertiliser, agricultural, jewellery and crafted ornamental uses.

(3) In these regulations, a reference to a form of a particular number is a reference to the form of that number set out in schedule 1.

Special approval required in certain cases

5. (1) A person must not, for the purpose of exercising a right under the Act or these regulations, enter on land that constitutes a parkland or recreation ground under the care of a council or on land dedicated or reserved by the Governor under the Crown Lands Act 1929 without the written approval of the Minister.

(2) An application for the approval of the Minister under subregulation (1) must—

(a)

be made in writing; and

(b)

state the name, nature and locality of the relevant land; and

(c)

provide details concerning the proposed operation or activity on the land.

(3) A person must not exercise a right under the Act or these regulations on a public road, street or highway without the written consent of the authority that has control of the road, street or highway.

(4) However, a consent under subregulation (3) is not required to peg out an area for a claim on land consisting (partially or entirely) of a public road, street or highway.

(5) An application to register a claim on land consisting (partially or entirely) of a public road, street or highway must be accompanied by the consent required under subregulation (3).

Special conditions for tenements over the sea bed

6. (1) A person who obtains a mining tenement over a part of the sea bed declared to be mineral lands under the Act is liable for, and will indemnify and keep indemnified the South Australian Government against, all actions, suits, claims and demands whatsoever resulting from the erection or placing by the person of a structure or object on or over that part of the sea bed, or the escape of a deleterious substance into the sea, while conducting mining operations associated with the mining tenement and, for this purpose, a mining tenement must not be registered or granted over a part of the sea bed unless and until the relevant person has entered into an agreement with the Minister (to the Minister’s satisfaction) that complies with the requirements of subregulation (2).

(2) An agreement complies with the requirements of this subregulation if the relevant person

agrees—

(a)

to indemnify and to keep indemnified the South Australian Government against all actions, suits, claims and demands whatsoever resulting from the erection or placing by the person of a structure or object on or over a part of the sea bed, or the escape of a deleterious substance into the sea, while conducting mining operations associated with the mining tenement; and

(b)

to remove any such structure or object if or when directed to do so by a Minister and, in default of so removing it, to pay to the Crown all costs and expenses incurred by a Minister in undertaking its removal.

(3) A person holding a mining tenement must not—

(a)

permit the escape of a deleterious substance into the sea; or

(b)

fail to remove a structure or object placed on or over a part of the sea bed if directed to do so by a Minister.

(4) In the event of a contravention of subregulation (3)(b), a Minister may take steps to ensure that the structure or object is removed and recover the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in removing it as a debt from the holder of the tenement.

(5) A person who obtains a mining tenement over a part of the sea bed must not commence mining operations associated with the tenement unless or until the Minister for the time being administering the Fisheries Act 1982 certifies that the Minister is satisfied that the operations will not contravene the Fisheries Act 1982.

(6) A reference in this regulation to mining operations associated with a mining tenement includes any activity undertaken for the purposes of, or incidental to, the conduct of mining operations.

(7) In this regulation—

"Minister" means a Minister of the Crown;

"South Australian Government" means the Crown in right of the State and includes all

Ministers of the Crown.

PART 2

MINER’S RIGHTS

Application for a miner’s right (s. 20)

7. An application for a miner’s right must be in the form of Form 1.

Issue of miner’s right

8. A miner’s right must not be issued in the name of more than one person.

Renewal of miner’s right

9. An application for the renewal of a miner’s right must be in the form of Form 2.

Issue of duplicate if miner’s right lost, etc.

10. If—

(a)

the holder of a miner’s right satisfies a mining registrar, by a declaration in the form of Form 3, that the miner’s right has been lost or destroyed; or

(b)

a miner’s right that has become illegible in a particular is delivered to a mining registrar,

the mining registrar may, on payment of the fee specified in schedule 2, issue a duplicate of the

miner’s right (and the former miner’s right is null and void).

Surrender of miner’s right 11. A person may, by notice in the form of Form 4, surrender a miner’s right to the Mining

Registrar.

PART 3 CLAIMS

DIVISION 1—MINERAL CLAIMS

Size (s. 23)

12. The maximum permissible area of a mineral claim that can be pegged out is 250

hectares.

Shape of claim

13. (1) Subject to these regulations, the shape of a mineral claim must, as far as practicable, approximate a rectangle, the length of the longer side of which must not exceed five times the length of the shorter side.

(2) The length of longest side of a mineral claim must not exceed 2 kilometres.

(3) If it is not practicable to comply with subregulation (1) because of the position of adjoining boundaries for other areas, or natural features, an intervening or irregularly shaped piece of land may be pegged out as a mineral claim.

Mode of taking possession

14. (1) This regulation sets out the requirements for a valid pegging of a mineral claim

under the Act.

(2) A post must be securely placed in the ground at each corner of the relevant area.

(3) Each post must—

(a)

be devoid of marks or writing that refers to a previous pegging; and

(b)

have a cross-sectional dimension equal to or exceeding 7 centimetres; and

(c)

project at least 75 centimetres above the ground; and

(d)

clearly show the number (or numbers) of the miner’s right (or rights) by virtue of which the claim is pegged out, together with the date of pegging (either by direct markings on the post or by the secure attachment of a notice to the post), as near to the top of the post as practicable; and

(e)

if the person is pegging out more than one claim on the one day, clearly show the number of the claim, as pegged out on the day, using consecutive numbers for that day starting with the number 1.

(4) The direction of the boundaries of the claim must be clearly indicated by trenches, piles of stones, or substantial indicator markers fixed to each post.

(5) If it is impracticable to comply with a preceding subregulation, a person may peg out a mineral claim in some other manner but, in such a case, the person must lodge a notice of the manner of pegging at the nearest office of the Mining Registrar to the area that has been pegged out.

(6) A notice under subregulation (5)—

(a)

must be in writing; and

(b)

must be given within seven days after the pegging.

(7) If the Mining Registrar, or a person authorised by the Mining Registrar for the purposes of this regulation, considers that the method of pegging out an area is unsatisfactory, he or she may order that a different method be used.

(8) A person to whom an order is directed under subregulation (7) must immediately comply

with the order.

Maintenance of claims

15. The holder of a mineral claim must maintain all posts, boundary indicator markers and notices on the claim in the positions required by these regulations.

Application for registration of claim (s. 24)

16. (1) An application for registration of a mineral claim must be in the form of Form 5.

(2) The application must be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2 and such information (including a survey) as a mining registrar may require.

(3) Subject to the Act, a mining registrar must on the registration of a mineral claim—

(a)

complete a certificate of registration to be given to the applicant; and

(b)

enter full particulars of the claim in the Mining Register.

Display of registration number

17. The owner of a registered mineral claim must ensure that the registration number for the claim is clearly displayed on each post marking out the area of the claim within 14 days after registration.

Cancellation of claim

18. (1) If the Mining Registrar considers, after a mineral claim is registered, that the claim should not have been registered on account of a contravention of, or a failure to comply with, a provision or requirement of the Act or these regulations, the Mining Registrar may, by notice in writing to the owner of the claim, give notice of his or her contention setting out full particulars of the issue that has arisen.

(2) If—

(a)

the owner of the claim disputes the contention of the Mining Registrar that the claim should not have been registered; or

(b)

the Mining Registrar does not receive a surrender or reply from the owner of the claim within 21 days after the date of the relevant notice under subregulation (1),

the Mining Registrar may apply to the Warden’s Court for a declaration that the owner of the claim is not lawfully in possession of the claim and for appropriate consequential orders for the cancellation of the claim (and the Warden’s Court has jurisdiction to make those orders).

Surrender of claim (s. 26(4))

19. (1) The owner of a registered mineral claim who wants to surrender the claim must, subject to this regulation—

(a)

remove the posts marking out the area of the claim; and

(b)

lodge a notice of surrender at an office of the Mining Registrar.

(2) A person is not required to comply with subregulation (1)(a) if an inspector, the Mining Registrar or a person authorised in writing by the Mining Registrar issues a certificate of exemption from the requirement on the basis that it is unreasonable (for reasons of safety or otherwise) to require the posts to be removed.

(3) A notice of surrender must be in the form of Form 6.

(4) A surrender will be taken to be effective when the requirements of the Act, this regulation and any conditions attaching to the claim have been satisfied.

Insufficiently defined claims

20. (1) If a mineral claim is not defined by posts and boundary markers in accordance with the requirements of these regulations, a person authorised by the Director for the purposes of this regulation may, by notice in writing to the owner of the claim, require the owner to rectify the situation within a specified period (of at least seven days).

(2) If a notice under subregulation (1) if not complied with within the time specified by the notice, the Director may apply to the Warden’s Court for an order cancelling the claim and for appropriate consequential orders (and the Warden’s Court has jurisdiction to make those orders).

Reduction in area of a claim

21. (1) The owner of a mineral claim may, with the approval of a mining registrar, reduce the area of the claim.

(2) An approval under subregulation (1) may be given subject to conditions specified by the mining registrar (and the owner of the claim must, if the area of the claim is reduced, comply with those conditions).

(3) The requirements of regulation 13 relating to the shape of a claim do not apply if the area of a mineral claim is reduced under this regulation.

Continuation of claim if application made for lease

22. A mineral claim will not lapse through the expiry of its registration if at the date on which it would otherwise expire an application has been made for a mining lease or a retention lease and the application has not been decided.

Cessation of claim if lease granted 23. Where the Minister grants a mining lease or a retention lease over the whole or a part of

the area of a mineral claim, the claim will cease and determine.

DIVISION 2—ACCESS CLAIMS

Determination of site

24. The holder of a subsurface stratum mining tenement may prospect and carry out on the surface stratum geophysical surveys approved by the Director in order to determine the site of an access claim.

Size

25. The maximum permissible area of an access claim is 2 500 square metres.

Shape of claim

26. (1) The shape of an access claim must approximate a square.

(2) The length of a side of an access claim must not exceed 50 metres in length.

Mode of taking possession

27. (1) This regulation sets out the requirements for a valid pegging of an access claim

under the Act.

(2) A post must be securely placed in the ground at each corner of the relevant area.

(3) Each post must—

(a)

be devoid of marks or writing that refers to a previous pegging; and

(b)

have a cross-sectional dimension equal to or exceeding seven centimetres; and

(c)

project at least 75 centimetres from the ground; and

(d)

clearly show the number and type of subsurface tenement by virtue of which the claim is pegged out, together with the date of pegging (either by direct markings on the post or by the secure attachment of a notice to the post) as near to the top as practicable; and

(e)

if the person is pegging out more than one claim on the one day, clearly show the number of the claim, as pegged out on that day, using consecutive numbers for that day starting with the number 1.

(4) The direction of the boundaries of the claim must be clearly indicated by substantial indicator markers fixed to each post.

Maintenance of claims

28. The holder of an access claim must maintain all posts, boundary indicator markers and notices on the claim in the positions required by these regulations.

Application for registration of claim (s. 63C)

29. (1) An application for registration of an access claim must be in the form of Form 7.

(2) The application must be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2 and such information (including a survey) as a mining registrar may require.

(3) Subject to the Act, a mining registrar must on the registration of an access claim—

(a)

complete a certificate of registration; and

(b)

enter full particulars of the claim in the Mining Register.

Display of registration number

30. The owner of a registered access claim must ensure that the registration number for the claim is clearly displayed on each post marking out the area of the claim within seven days after registration.

Renewal of access claims (s. 63E)

31. (1) An application for the renewal of an access claim must be made on or before the day on which the registration of the claim is due to expire.

(2) The application must be made in the form of Form 8.

Surrender of claim (s. 63E)

32. (1) The owner of a registered access claim who wants to surrender the claim must—

(a)

remove the posts marking out the area of the claim; and

(b)

lodge a notice of surrender at an office of the Mining Registrar.

(2) A notice of surrender must be in the from of Form 9.

PART 4 LEASES

DIVISION 1—MINING LEASES

Prescribed classes of lease (s. 34(3))

33. The following classes of mining leases are prescribed:

(a)

mineral lease;

(b)

extractive minerals lease.

Nature of lease

34. (1) Subject to the Act, a mineral lease entitles the lessee to carry out mining operations specified in the lease for the recovery of minerals other than extractive minerals.

(2) Subject to the Act, an extractive minerals lease entitles the lessee to carry out mining operations specified in the lease for the recovery of extractive minerals.

Application for a lease (s. 35) 35. (1) An application for a mining lease must be in the form of Form 10.

(2) A statement of the mining operations that the applicant proposes to carry out under the lease and the measures that the applicant proposes to take to remedy damage to land that may result from the proposed mining operations must be in the form of Form 11.

(3) If the owner of a mineral claim is deceased or bankrupt or, the case of a company, is under official management or in liquidation or receivership, an application for a lease may be made by a trustee, manager, receiver or liquidator (as may be appropriate).

Notification of proposed terms and conditions

36. If the Minister determines that he or she is willing to consider an application for a mining lease, the Minister must advise the applicant by notice in writing of the terms and conditions under which the Minister is prepared to grant the lease to the applicant.

Display of lease number

37. (1) An applicant for a lease who is notified that the Minister has approved his or her application must, within 14 days after receipt of the notification, ensure that the number and class of the lease are clearly displayed on each post marking out the relevant area.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the class of lease must be designated by "ML" for a mineral lease or "EML" for an extractive minerals lease, as appropriate.

(3) The person must ensure that all notices relating to the claim are removed at the time that the information is recorded on the posts under subregulation (1).

(4) If approval is only given for a portion of the land comprised in a claim, the lessee must, within 14 days of the notification referred to in subregulation (1)—

(a)

redefine the boundaries of the lease, either by repositioning existing posts or by placing new posts at the corners of the area in respect of which the lease is grant; and

(b)

remove any posts outside the area in respect of which the lease is granted.

Superimposed leases

38. (1) If a mining lease of one class is granted over land held as a mining lease of the other class and the lessee is the same person, the lessee need only maintain one post at each corner of the relevant area, but each post must have on it, or have on a notice attached to it, the numbers and classes of both mining leases.

(2) If a superimposed tenement covers a part of the prior tenement, the superimposed tenement must be marked out by independent posts.

(3) The annual rental payable on superimposed leases will be waived for all leases except the lease with the highest rental.

(4) If a superimposed lease is held by another party, annual rent is payable for both leases.

DIVISION 2—RETENTION LEASES

Application for a lease (s. 41B)

39. (1) An application for a retention lease must be in the form of Form 12.

(2) If the owner of a mineral claim is deceased or bankrupt or, in the case of a company, is under official management or in liquidation or receivership, an application for a lease may be made by a trustee, manager, recover or liquidator (as may be appropriate).

Display of lease number

40. (1) An applicant for a lease who is notified that the Minister has approved his or her application must, within 14 days after the receipt of the notification, ensure that the number of the lease and the designation "RL" are clearly displayed on each post marking out the relevant area.

(2) The person must ensure that all notices relating to the claim are removed at the time that the information is recorded on the posts under subregulation (1).

(3) If approval is only given for a portion of the land comprised in a claim, the lessee must, within 14 days of the notification referred to in subregulation (1)—

(a)

redefine the boundaries of the lease, either by repositioning existing posts or by placing new posts at the corners of the area in respect of which the lease is grant; and

(b)

remove any posts outside the area in respect of which the lease is granted.

DIVISION 3—COMMON PROVISIONS

Terms and conditions of a lease

41. A mining lease or a retention lease is subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a)

the lessee must pay all rates, taxes and other imposts that become payable in respect of the land;

(b)

(i)

in the case of a mining lease—the lessee must ensure that mining operations on the land are carried out in an orderly and skilful manner in accordance with a program for mining and rehabilitation of the land approved, from time to time, by the Minister;

(ii)

in the case of a retention lease—if the lease stipulates that the lessee has rights to conduct mining operations on the land, the lessee must ensure that the mining operations are carried out in an orderly and skilful manner in accordance with a program for mining and rehabilitation of the land approved, from time to time, by the Minister;

(c)

the lessee must submit to the Director, from time to time at the Director’s request, a current plan of survey of the land in the form required by the Director;

(d)

if the land is subject to a pastoral lease under the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989, the lessee must give the pastoral lessee access to the land for domestic purposes and for watering stock (although the lessee is not required to give the pastoral lessee access to water provided or stored by the lessee by artificial means).

Conditions to be observed after notification of approval

42. (1) If or when the applicant for a mining lease or a retention lease receives written notification that the lease has been approved by the Minister, the applicant will, during the period between the receipt of the notice and the execution of the lease document, be taken to be the lessee of the land in respect of which the lease is sought.

(2) A person who is taken to be a lessee by virtue of subregulation (1) must, during the period that applies under that subregulation, comply with all proposed terms and conditions of the lease as if the lease document had been executed.

(3) If a person fails to execute and return a lease document within 90 days of the document being forwarded to the person for execution as lessee, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, withdraw his or her approval of the lease, and the lease will then cease and determine.

Annual rent

43. (1) The rental payable for a mining lease or a retention lease is prescribed by schedule 3. (2) The rent payable for a lease will be calculated according to the total amount of land in respect of which the lease is granted, and no allowance will be made for land that is not available for mining or other activities under the lease.

(3) The rent payable for a lease must be paid annually in advance to the Director at the head office of the Department of Mines and Energy at Adelaide.

Maintenance of leases

44. (1) The lessee under a mining lease or a retention lease must, during the term of the lease, and any extension or renewal of the lease, maintain all posts, boundary indicator markers and notices in the positions required by these regulations.

(2) However, subregulation (1) does not apply in the case of a retention lease if the lessee furnishes the Director with a survey of the area of the retention lease acceptable to the Director.

(3) A survey accepted under subregulation (2) must be registered in the Mining Register.

Transfer of leases 45. (1) The following procedures apply to the transfer of a mining lease or a retention lease:

(a)

the transferor must submit to the Minister an application for consent to transfer the lease together with a copy of the proposed instrument of transfer;

(b)

the instrument of transfer must be in the form of Form 13;

(c)

the Minister may approve or refuse the application or may require the provision of further information, including particulars of the arrangements that will apply to ensure compliance with requirements of the lease relating to the rehabilitation of land;

(d)

the instrument of transfer, after payment of stamp duty, must be lodged with a mining registrar, together with the transferor’s copy of the lease and the fee prescribed by schedule 2, within 30 days after the Minister gives his or her consent to the transfer, or such later time as the Mining Registrar may allow;

(e)

the late lodgment fee prescribed by schedule 2 is payable if an instrument of transfer is lodged with a mining registrar later than 30 days after the Minister gives his or her consent to the transfer;

(f)

on due receipt of the documents and fee (or fees) required under paragraphs (d) and (e) (including evidence of the payment of stamp duty), a mining registrar must enter a memorial of the transfer in the Mining Register, endorse particulars of the transfer on the lessee’s copy of the lease, and return the lease to the transferee;

(g)

a transfer does not take effect until a memorial of the transfer is entered in the Mining Register under paragraph (f).

(2) If application if made to transfer a lease for which a lease document has not yet been issued, the procedure under subregulation (1) must be carried out so far as is practicable with the lease document being issued in the name of the transferee, containing any endorsements considered necessary by the Mining Registrar.

Surrender of lease

46. (1) A lessee may, on giving the Minister three months notice in the form of Form 14 and a payment of all arrears of rent and royalty, surrender a mining lease or a retention lease or a portion of a mining lease or a retention lease.

(2) The Minister may, if the Minister thinks fit, waive or reduce the notice period under

subregulation (1).

Rights of surrender

47. A right of surrender under the Act and these regulations are subject to the rights of persons claiming from or under a lessee.

Renewal of leases 48. (1) An application for the renewal of a mining lease must be made in the from of

Form 15.

(2) An application for the renewal of a retention lease must be made in the form of

Form 16.

PART 5

GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CLAIMS AND LEASES

Working conditions

49. (1) Unless otherwise determined by the Warden’s Court, a mineral claim must, within 30 days after the date of its registration or, if the claim is over native title land, within 30 days after registration of an agreement or determination under Part 9B of the Act, be diligently worked by at least one person on the basis of at least 100 hours of work per calendar month.

(2) However, the holder of a mineral claim is exempt from the operation of subregulation (1) if application is made for a mining lease or a retention lease until the application is determined.

(3) Unless otherwise determined by the Warden’s Court, a mining lease must, immediately after the Minister gives notice that the lease has been approved, be diligently worked—

(a)

by at least one person on the basis of at least 100 hours of work per calendar month; or

(b)

as specified in the lease; or

(c)

as approved by the Minister from time to time.

(4) The following will be taken to be within the concept of diligently working a claim or

lease—

(a)

the performance of mining operations on the claim or lease; and

(b)

work associated with the extraction of, or making merchantable, minerals located within, or recovered from, the claim or lease where that work is carried out on site; and

(c)

the preparation, erection or maintenance of machinery or equipment used in connection with mining operations where the work is carried out on site.

(5) In the case of a lease, work carried out by the holder of an option to purchase the lease may be counted under this regulation.

(6) The requirements of this regulation do not apply between 15 December in each and 14 March in the following year (both dates inclusive).

Amalgamation of working conditions

50. (1) Subject to this regulation, the working conditions of up to four mineral claims held by the same person may be amalgamated for a period not exceeding two years at any one time under the authority of an order of the Warden’s Court.

(2) Subject to this regulation, the working conditions of any number of mining leases of the same class held by the same person may be amalgamated for a period not exceeding seven years at any one time under the authority of an order of the Warden’s Court.

(3) The Warden’s Court may authorise the amalgamation of the working conditions of one or more claims with the working conditions of one or more leases if—

(a)

the holder of the claim or claims and the lessee is the same person; and

(b)

the number of claims included in the amalgamation does not exceed the number of leases.

(4) If the Minister grants to the owner of a registered mineral claim a mining lease over the land comprised in the claim and the Warden’s Court has previously authorised the amalgamation of the claim with one or more other tenements, the authorisation will continue to apply with respect to the lease (until the date of expiry of the relevant order).

(5) A person may object to an application to amalgamate working conditions and the objection will be heard and determined by the Warden’s Court.

(6) The Warden’s Court may during the currency of an amalgamation, if satisfied that it is appropriate to do so, on application, cancel an amalgamation.

(7) The cancellation or expiry of a tenement that has been amalgamated does not cancel an amalgamation if two or more tenements remain and those tenements are contiguous.

(8) The Warden’s Court may determine that an order of the court under this regulation will be taken to have had effect from the date on which the relevant application was received by the court.

(9) If the working conditions of two or more tenements are amalgamated, the total working conditions of those tenements will be taken to have been complied with if the total number of hours required to be worked on the individual tenements are worked anywhere within the boundaries of the amalgamated tenements.

Suspension of working conditions

51. (1) The owner of a mineral claim or the lessee under a lease may apply to the Warden’s Court for the suspension of working conditions on the claim or lease.

(2) A person may object to an application under subregulation (1) and the objection will be heard and determined in the Warden’s Court.

(3) The Warden’s Court may, after considering the application and any objection under subregulation (2)—

(a)

by order, approve the suspension of working conditions; or

(b)

reject the application.

(4) An order under subregulation (3)(a)

(a)

may be given subject to conditions determined by the Warden’s Court and specified in the order; and

(b)

will operate for a period, not exceeding six months at any one time, specified in the order.

(5) The Warden’s Court may determine that the order will be taken to have had effect from the date on which the relevant application was received by the court.

(6) If—

(a)

an order under subregulation (3)(a) is given subject to conditions; and

(b)

the person who obtained the order contravenes, or fails to comply with, a condition,

the order will be taken to have been revoked.

(7) The operation of an order for the suspension of working conditions is not affected by a transfer of the relevant claim or lease.

(8) If the Minister grants to the owner of a registered mineral claim a mining lease over the land comprised in the claim and the Warden’s Court has previously approved the suspension of working conditions on the claim, the approval will continue to apply with respect to the lease (until the date of expiry of the relevant order).

(9) A person who has obtained an order approving the suspension of working conditions may place a notice on the tenement stating that the working conditions have been suspended.

(10) This regulation does not affect the exemption from the requirement to work a tenement between 15 December in each year and 14 March in the following year but an application for the suspension of working conditions will (insofar as is relevant to the particular time of the year) be taken to include the period running between those two dates (inclusive).

Exemptions

52. (1) The owner of a mineral claim or the lessee under a lease will not be liable to a penalty, or to the forfeiture of the tenement, on account of a failure to comply with the requirements of these regulations relating to working conditions if—

(a)

the failure is due to illness, or absence on urgent work in the public interest; or

(b)

the failure is due to flood, drought or other act of nature; or

(c)

the failure is due to an order of a court that specifically prevents the person working the claim or lease.

(2) However—

(a)

subregulation (1)(a) or (b) will only apply for two months in respect of a particular event or circumstance; and

(b)

subregulation (1)(a) and (b) do not apply in respect of a particular event or circumstance that occurred or existed before the area for the claim or lease was pegged out.

Roads and pipelines across tenements

53. (1) The Warden’s Court may, on application, approve the making, laying or use of a road or pipeline on or over a claim or lease if the Warden’s Court is satisfied that the road or pipeline is necessary for the efficient working of another tenement, or for use by the public.

(2) An approval under subregulation (1) may be given subject to directions or conditions specified by the Warden’s Court (which may include provision for the payment of compensation to the holder of the tenement that will be affected by the making, laying or use of the road or pipeline).

(3) A person must not breach, or fail to comply with, a direction or condition under

subregulation (2).

PART 6

LICENCES

DIVISION 1—EXPLORATION LICENCES

Conditions of an exploration licence

54. An exploration licence is subject to the following conditions:1

(a)

the licensee must, as soon as reasonably practicable, report to the Director the discovery on the land of minerals potentially capable of economic production;

(b)

the licensee must conduct operations under the licence (including managing waste resulting from mining operations) in accordance with a program approved, from time to time, by the Minister designed to—

(i)

prevent pollution to or contamination of surface or underground waters; and

(ii)

minimise surface damage to the land; and

(iii)

ensure that, in drilling or other underground investigations, no interconnection between groundwater aquifers occurs;

(c)

the licensee must obtain the approval of the Director before any of the following occurs (or begins) in connection with operations conducted under the licence:

(i)

construction of a major campsite or new track; or

(ii)

upgrading of a track;

(d)

the licensee must ensure that the use of vehicles in connection with operations conducted under the licence off existing roads or tracks or tracks approved by the Director, is kept to a minimum;

(e)

the licensee must give written notice of the following matters to the Director:

(i)

a proposal to carry out an airborne survey of the land (including details of the type of survey, the area to be surveyed, flight line spacing and flight height); or

(ii)

a proposal to investigate the use of groundwater on the land for the purpose of water supplies, de-watering, in-site leaching, waste disposal or other purpose;

(f)

the licensee must allow an inspector or authorised person under the Act, at any reasonable time, to enter and remain on the land for the purpose of surveying the land and examining the condition of the land;

(g)

the licensee must within 60 days after making a request to the Minister for a reduction in the area of the land in respect of which the licence operates submit to the Minister a technical report of the exploratory operations carried out in the area sought to be excluded from the licence;

(h)

exploration or other reports, and geological data and samples, required to be submitted under the Act to the Minister or the Director must be submitted by times, and in a manner and form, determined by the Director.

1.

ExpenditureobligationswillbeincludedinconditionsimposedbytheMinisterundersection30(1)(b)of the Act.

Conditions to be observed after notification of approval

55. (1) If or when the applicant for an exploration licence receives written notification that the licence has been approved by the Minister, the applicant will, during the period between the receipt of the notice and the execution of the licence document, be taken to be the licensee of the land in respect of which the licence is sought.

(2) A person who is taken to be a licensee by virtue of subregulation (1) must, during the period that applies under that subregulation, comply with all proposed terms and conditions of the licence as if the licence document had been executed.

(3) If a person fails to execute and return a licence document within 90 days of the document being forwarded to the person for execution as licensee, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, withdraw his or her approval of the licence, and the licence will then cease and determine.

Annual rent

56. (1) The annual rental for an exploration licence is prescribed by schedule 3.

(2) The rent payable will be calculated according to the nominal area of the licence, and no allowance will be made for land that is not available for exploration.

Cessation of claim or lease 57. If a registered claim or mining lease within the area of an exploration licence ceases to

exist, the area of land within the claim or lease will be incorporated into the area of the licence.

DIVISION 2—MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES LICENCES

Application for a licence (s. 53)

58. An application for a miscellaneous purposes licence must be in the form of Form 17.

Size

59. The maximum permissible area of a miscellaneous purposes licence is 250 hectares.

Mode of taking possession

60. (1) The applicant for a miscellaneous purposes licence must peg out the area of the licence in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.

(2) A post must be securely placed in the ground at each corner of the relevant area.

(3) Each post must—

(a)

be devoid of marks or writing that refers to a previous pegging; and

(b)

have a cross-sectional dimension equal to or exceeding 7 centimetres; and

(c)

project not less than 75 centimetres above the ground; and

(d)

clearly display a notice of the person’s intention to apply for a miscellaneous purposes licence.

(4) The direction of the boundaries of the area must be clearly indicated by trenches, piles of stones, or substantial indicator markers fixed to each post.

(5) A person who has pegged out an area for a miscellaneous purposes licence must lodge an application for the licence within 14 days after the pegging.

Display of licence number

61. (1) An applicant for a miscellaneous purposes licence who is notified that the Minister has approved his or her application must, within 14 days after the receipt of the notification, ensure that the number of the licence and the designation "MPL" are clearly displayed on each post marking out the relevant area.

(2) The person must ensure that all notices relating to the intention to apply for the licence are removed at the time that the information is recorded on the posts under subregulation (1).

Conditions to be observed after notification of approval

62. (1) If or when the applicant for a miscellaneous purposes licence receives written notification that the licence has been approved by the Minister, the applicant will, during the period between the receipt of the notice and the execution of the licence document, be taken to be the licensee of the land in respect of which the licence is sought.

(2) A person who is taken to be a licensee by virtue of subregulation (1) must, during the period that applies under that subregulation, comply with all proposed terms and conditions of the licence as if the licence document had been executed.

(3) If a person fails to execute and return a licence document within 90 days of the document being forwarded to the person for execution as licensee, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, withdraw his or her approval of the licence, and the licence will then cease and determine.

Annual rent

63. (1) The annual rental for a miscellaneous purposes licence is prescribed by schedule 3.

(2) The rent payable will be calculated according to the nominal area of the licence, and no allowance will be made for land that is not available for use under the licence.

Maintenance of licence

64. The licensee under a miscellaneous purposes licence must, during the term of the licence, and any extension or renewal of the licence, maintain all posts, boundary indicator markers and notices in the positions required by these regulations.

Transfer of licences

65. (1) The following procedures apply to the transfer of a miscellaneous purposes licence:

(a)

the transferor must submit to the Minister an application for consent to transfer the licence together with a copy of the posed instrument of transfer;

(b)

the instrument of transfer must be in the from of Form 18;

(c)

the Minister may approve or refuse the application or may require the provision of further information, including particulars of the arrangements that will apply to ensure compliance with requirements of the licence relating to the rehabilitation of land;

(d)

the instrument of transfer, after payment of stamp duty, must be lodged with a mining registrar, together with the transferor’s copy of the licence and the fee prescribed by schedule 2, within 30 days after the Minister gives his or her consent to the transfer, or such later time as the Mining Registrar may allow;

(e)

the late lodgment fee prescribed by schedule 2 is payable if an instrument of transfer is lodged within a mining registrar later than 30 days after the Minister gives his or her consent to the transfer;

(f)

on due receipt of the documents and fee (or fees) required under paragraphs (d) and (e) (including evidence of the payment of stamp duty), a mining registrar must enter a memorial of the transfer in the Mining Register, endorse particulars of the transfer on the licensee’s copy of the licence, and return the licence to the transferee;

(g)

a transfer does not take effect until a memorial of the transfer is entered in the Mining Register under paragraph (f).

(2) If application is made to transfer a licence for which a licence document has not yet been issued, the procedure under subregulation (1) must be carried out so far as is practicable with the licence document being issued in the name of the transferee, containing any endorsements considered necessary by the Mining Registrar.

Renewal of licence

66. An application for the renewal of a miscellaneous purposes licence must be in the form

of Form 19.

PART 7

ENTRY ON LAND

Notice of entry

67. (1) The notice of entry required under sections 58 and 58A of the Act must be in the

form of Form 20.

(2) A mining operator must retain a duplicate copy of each notice of entry served under section 58A of the Act.

(3) A mining operator must, on serving a notice of entry under section 58A of the Act, immediately record information about the service of the notice by completing on the duplicate copy of the notice the appropriate part of the form that relates to service of the notice.

(4) An agreement between a mining operator and an owner of land that provides that a prescribed notice of entry is not required under section 58A of the Act must—

(a)

be in writing; and

(b)

be signed by the parties to the agreement.

Use of declared equipment 68. The notice of an intention to use declared equipment required under section 59(2) of the

Act must be in the form of Form 21.

Lapse of notices

69. If—

(a)

notice of entry is given under section 58 and 58A or notice of an intention to use declared equipment is given under section 59; and

(b)

no objection is made; and

(c)

the mining operator does not enter the land, or does not use the declared equipment (as the case may be) within 12 months of the service of the notice,

the notice lapses (but not so as to prevent the service of a new notice).

Objection to entry or use of declared equipment

70. If the Warden’s Court receives a notice of objection to entry to land, or to the use of declared equipment, under the Act, the court may order that the mining operator not enter or use the land, or not use the declared equipment, until the objection is determined.

Waiver of exemption

71. A waiver of an exemption under section 9 of the Act must be in the form of Form 22.

Copy of exemption to be lodged with Mining Registrar

72. (1) The holder of a mining tenement (or an applicant for a mining tenement) who has negotiated an exemption under section 9 of the Act must ensure that a copy of the waiver of exemption is lodged with the Mining Registrar—

(a)

if the waiver is negotiated prior to an application to register the tenement—at the time of making the application;

(b)

if the waiver is negotiated at any time thereafter—within 21 days after the negotiations are completed.

Conditions of entry not affected by transfer

73. An order of the Warden’s Court relating to conditions of entry to land or the occupation of a tenement will, if the tenement is transferred, bind the transferee.

PART 8

REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS

Caveats 74. A caveat must be in the form of Form 23 or 24 (as appropriate).

Tenement documents to be issued in duplicate

75. A lease or licence granted under the Act must be issued in duplicate, one copy being delivered by a mining registrar to the lessee or licensee and the other retained and registered in the Mining Register by a mining registrar.

Consent of Minister

76. (1) An application for the consent of the Minister under section 83 of the Act must be—

(a)

lodged with the Director; and

(b)

accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2.

(2) A mining registrar must enter a memorial in the Mining Register of a consent of the Minister under section 83 of the Act and register a copy of any instrument submitted for the purposes of an application under that section specified by the Minister.

(3) Any additional copies of an instrument registered under subregulation (2) must be endorsed by a mining registrar to the effect that a copy has been registered and then the mining registrar must return the endorsed copies to the applicant.

Status of unregistered instruments 77. (1) An instrument required to be registered by the Act or these regulations has no force

or effect unless or until it is registered.

(2) However, an approval of the Minister or an order of an appropriate court will be effective from the date specified in the approval or order.

Amendment of register

78. Subject to the provisions of the Act, the appropriate court may order—

(a)

that an entry in the Mining Register be made, amended or cancelled; or

(b)

that an instrument be registered or that the registration of an instrument be cancelled.

Search of register

79. A person may, on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2, inspect the Mining Register and all registered instruments in the Department of Mines and Energy during the hours, and on the days, specified by the Director.

Divesting of right to claim royalty 80. (1) If a person divests himself or herself of an actual or potential right to claim royalty—

(a)

the person must lodge a copy of the instrument of divestment with the Director together with the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2; and

(b)

the parties to an instrument evidencing further dealings or charges relating to the instrument of divestment must lodge a copy of that instrument with the Director together with the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2.

(2) The Director must maintain a register of these instruments and a person may, on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2, inspect the register and all registered instruments during the hours, and on the days, specified by the Director.

PART 9

EXTRACTIVE AREAS REHABILITATION FUND

Interpretation

81. In this Part—

"fund" means the Extractive Areas Rehabilitation Fund;

"land" means land which, or part of which, has been disturbed by mining operations for the

recovery of extractive minerals.

Application

82. A person who has paid to the Minister royalty for extractive minerals—

(a)

who submits a plan for the rehabilitation of land that has been approved by the Chief Inspector in accordance with the provisions of the regulations under the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920; or

(b)

on whom an order has been made by the Chief Inspector in accordance with the provisions of the regulations under the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920 requiring that person to rehabilitate any land; or

(c)

who, as a condition of an extractive minerals lease, has carried out rehabilitation work on the land,

may apply to the Minister for a payment from the fund.

Progressive payments

83. (1) The Minister may approve progressive payments to an applicant from the fund.

(2) However, progressive payments must not be made unless the Director has certified to the

Minister—

(a)

that satisfactory rehabilitation work has been carried out; or

(b)

that rehabilitation work is proceeding in a satisfactory manner and that a progress payment is justified.

Payments to support rehabilitation of land

84. (1) The Minister may also make payments out of the fund to a person who satisfies the Minister that he or she has executed or intends to execute work which has or will, wholly or partially, rehabilitate land.

(2) A payment may be made under this regulation either in respect of all or any of the expenses incurred in the rehabilitation or by way of an advance of moneys to be used to pay all or any of the estimated expenses expected to be incurred in the rehabilitation of land.

(3) If the Minister makes an advance of moneys pursuant to this regulation and any of those moneys remain unexpended one year after the time at which the advance was made, the Minister may request the unexpended moneys to be repaid to the fund and the person to which the advance was made must immediately repay the unexpended moneys.

Conditions

85. (1) The Minister may impose conditions relating to a payment of money from the Fund.

(2) A person to whom a payment is made must comply with any relevant condition.

PART 10

MISCELLANEOUS

Removal of posts

86. (1) If a post is in a place that interferes with the working of mining tenement, the holder of the tenement may apply to—

(a)

a mining registrar; or

(b)

an inspector; or

(c)

a person authorised by the Mining Registrar for the purposes of this subregulation,

for approval to remove the post.

(2) A person to whom an application is made under subregulation (1) may, if satisfied that it is appropriate to do so, authorise the removal of the post.

(3) An authorisation under subregulation (2)—

(a)

may include directions to ensure the proper definition of the boundaries of the tenement while the post is removed; and

(b)

may be given on conditions specified in the authorisation.

(4) A person who has the benefit of an authorisation under subregulation (2) must comply with any directions or conditions under subregulation (3).

(5) A person (other than the holder of the relevant tenement) must not remove a post placed in the ground in order to mark a mining tenement (or an area for a mining tenement).

(6) Subregulation (5) does not apply to—

(a)

a person acting with the written permission of the holder of the tenement; or

(b)

a mining registrar, an inspector, or a person authorised by the Mining Registrar for the purposes of this subregulation, removing a post from a tenement (or the area for a tenement) if—

(i)

it appears that there has been a failure to comply with a requirement of the Act or these regulations; or

(ii)

it appears that the tenement (or any pegging) may have lapsed, or been surrendered or cancelled.

(7) A post removed under subregulation (6)(b) must be stored at the nearest office of the Mining Registrar to the tenement.

(8) The owner of a post stored under subregulation (7) may, within one month after the post was removed under subregulation (6)(b), on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2, recover the post (and, if appropriate, any identification plate or marker attached to the post).

(9) If a post is not recovered under subregulation (8)—

(a)

the post becomes the property of the Crown; and

(b)

the Minister may dispose of the post as the Minister thinks fit.

Rectification of boundaries

87. (1) If—

(a)

the holder of a mining tenement discovers that the area, shape or dimensions of the tenement do not conform with these regulations; or

(b)

the holder of a mining tenement discovers that a portion of another tenement has been included within the boundaries of the tenement,

the person may apply to the Warden’s Court for an order rectifying the error.

(2) The Warden’s Court may, on application under subregulation (1), if satisfied that it is appropriate to do so—

(a)

make the orders necessary to rectify the error;

(b)

determine, or realign, the boundaries of the tenement, and determine the manner in which those boundaries are to be delineated.

(3) However, an application cannot be made under this regulation if proceedings for forfeiture of the tenement or otherwise concerning the validity of the tenement have already been commenced (and have not been determined).

Superimposed tenements—consent

88. (1) If a class of mining tenement is granted over land already held as a tenement of a different class, and the holder of the tenement is the same person, the person need maintain only one post at each corner of the area, but each post must have on it, or on a notice attached to it, the numbers and classes of all the tenements.

(2) If the superimposed tenement covers a part of the prior tenement, the superimposed tenement must be marked out by independent posts.

(3) The annual rental payable on the tenements are to be waived except for the one with the

highest rental.

(4) If a superimposed lease is held by another party, the annual rental must be payable for the superimposed tenement.

(5) If application is made to register a tenement superimposed on an existing tenement, the applicant must lodge with the application a consent in writing under section 80(2) of the Act, together with particulars in writing of the agreement of the parties.

Action to comply

89. (1) A liability to the forfeiture of a mining tenement on account of failure to comply with a requirement of these regulations will cease on subsequent compliance by the holder of the tenement.

(2) However—

(a)

the obtaining of an order for the suspension of working conditions does not constitute compliance with the regulations for the purposes of subregulation (1);

(b)

subregulation (1) does not apply if proceedings for forfeiture of the tenement are commenced under the Act within one month after the liability to forfeiture arises and before the holder of the tenement takes steps to rectify the non-compliance.

(3) If—

(a)

a person applies to the Warden’s Court for an order—

(i)

cancelling a pegging; or

(ii)

for the forfeiture of a tenement,

on the ground that a requirement of the Act or these regulations has not been

complied with; and

(b)

the Warden’s Court finds that there has been non-compliance with the Act or these regulations but that in the circumstances an order for cancellation or forfeiture should not be made,

the court may nevertheless order the person in default to take steps to rectify the non-compliance. (4) A person to whom an order is directed under subregulation (3) must comply with the

terms of the order.

Offices of Mining Registrar

90. For the purposes of the Act, the following are offices of the Mining Registrar:

(a)

the offices of the Department of Mines and Energy at Andamooka, Coober Pedy and Mintabie; and

(b)

the head office of the Department of Mines and Energy at Adelaide.

False information

91. (1) A person who by false statement or misrepresentation, obtains or attempts to obtain registration of a mining tenement, or an instrument or certificate under the Act or these regulations—

(a)

forfeits all rights in relation to the relevant tenement; and

(b)

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $1 000.

(2) A person who, in furnishing information required under the Act or these regulations,

makes a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $1 000.

Change of name or address

92. The holder of a miner’s right or a mining tenement must notify the Mining Registrar in writing of a change in name or address within 30 days of the change.

Mining return

93. A mining return furnished in accordance with section 76 of the Act must be in the form

of Form 25.

Records and samples

94. The holder of a mining tenement must maintain records of geological mapping, surveys of workings, logs of drill holes, location and type of samples taken, results of analyses and testing of samples, and results of geophysical surveys.

Duplicate tenement document 95. An application for the issue of a duplicate copy of a lease or licence under section 84 of

the Act must be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed by schedule 2.

Due date for royalty payments

96. (1) Subject to the Act, the Minister must cause an account for the payment of royalty to be rendered to the holder of the tenement after the expiry of the period of 60 days allowed for an appeal against an assessment of royalty or, if an appeal is instituted, after the determination of the appeal.

(2) The due date for the payment of royalty is one month after the date on which the account is rendered.

Declaration

97. If application is made to the Warden’s Court for a declaration of invalidity of a mining tenement on the grounds that the tenement has not been lawfully acquired in accordance with these regulations, the declaration must not be made unless the Court is satisfied that a breach of these regulations is a breach in a material respect and that the matter is of sufficient gravity to justify the making of the declaration, but the Court may order the rectification of any non-compliance with these regulations.

Power of court to award costs 98. The Warden’s Court is vested with jurisdiction to award reasonable costs.

Recording of proceedings

99. The Warden’s Court must give written notice to the Mining Registrar of any proceedings before the Warden’s Court relating to a mining tenement, and a note of the proceedings must be entered in the Mining Register against the entry of the relevant mining tenement.

Application for native title declaration

100. An application under section 63J of the Act for a declaration that land is not subject to native title is to be made as an application for a native title declaration under the Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994.

Approved associations for umbrella authorisations

101. For the purposes of section 63L of the Act, the following associations are approved as associations that may be proponents of native title mining agreements conferring umbrella authorisations:

(a)

South Australian Opal Miner’s Association Inc.;

(b)

Coober Pedy Miner’s Association Inc.;

(c)

Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association Inc.;

(d)

Mintabie Miners and Progress Association Inc.

Notice initiating negotiations with native title parties

102. A notice under section 63M of the Act given by a proponent initiating negotiations for a native title mining agreement under Part 9B of the Act must be in the form of Form 26.

Execution and return of renewal documents

103. If the Mining Registrar requests the holder of a tenement in writing to execute and return documents related to the renewal of the mining tenement within a specified period, the holder of the tenement must comply with the request.

Service of documents

104. A notice or document required or authorised by or under the Act or these regulations to be given to or served on a person (other than a person who holds or may hold native title in land1.) may—

(a)

be served on the person personally; or

(b)

be posted in an envelope addressed to the person—

(i)

at the person’s last known address; or

(ii)

if the person has an address for correspondence or service—at that address; or

(c)

transmitted by facsimile transmission to a facsimile number provided by the person (in which case the notice or document will be taken to have been given or served at the time of transmission).

1. Part 5 Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994 sets out the method of service on all who hold or may hold native title in

land.

Forms 105. A form under these regulations may be varied or modified according to the exigencies

of a particular case.

Execution of forms

106. Unless otherwise provided, a form under the Act must be signed personally or, in the case of a body corporate, executed under seal or by a duly authorised attorney.

Fees

107. (1) The fees set out in schedule 2 are payable as specified in that schedule.

(2) The Director may, on application, in his or her discretion, waive payment of the whole or a part of a fee, or refund a fee (in whole or in part).

Damage to posts

108. A person must not damage or deface a post or notice under these regulations, or alter a notice or date found on a mining tenement.

Offences 109. (1) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of these regulations

is guilty of an offence.

(2) A person who is guilty of an offence against these regulations for which no penalty is specifically prescribed is liable to a fine not exceeding $1 000.

Special mining enterprises

110. The requirements imposed by the provisions of the Act and these regulations listed in the first column of schedule 4 (a description of which is provided in the second column for convenience of reference only) are prescribed for the purposes of section 56C(2)(g) of the Act.

Expiry of regulations

111. The regulations will expire on 1 September 1998.

SCHEDULE 1

Forms

FORM 1

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 7) APPLICATION FOR MINER’S RIGHT

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

To: The Mining Registrar

I,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address for correspondence or company registered address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

apply for a miner’s right under the Mining Act 1971.

I certify that:

1. I do not hold a current miner’s right issued under the Mining Act 1971.

2. I am over the age of 16 years.

3.   NoorderhasbeenmadebytheWarden’sCourtprohibitingmefromholdingaminer’s right.

Additional information:

1. Contact telephone number:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

2. Contact facsimile number (if available):

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

3.   Iftheapplicantisacompany:

(1)

A.C.N. No.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(2)

Contact person:. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

DATE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

SIGNATURE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

or

COMPANY SEAL1.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Director/Secretary)

1.

If the applicant is a company, the application must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

CERTIFICATION

I certify that as a result of my enquiries I am satisfied that the person named in this application is the person whose signature appears above. (This certification is not required if the applicant is a registered company).

Signature:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Name:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Address:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

Status:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Justice of the Peace, Officer of the Department

of Mines and Energy, Member of the Police Force,

Proclaimed Bank Manager or Commissioner for Taking Affidavits)

FORM 2

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 9)

APPLICATION TO RENEW MINER’S RIGHT

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

To: The Mining Registrar

I,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address for correspondence or company registered address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

apply to renew Miner’s Right No.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

I certify that no order has been made by the Warden’s Court prohibiting me from holding a miner’s right.

Additional information:

1. Contact telephone number:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

2. Contact facsimile number (if available):

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

3.   Iftheapplicantisacompany:

(1)

A.C.N. No.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(2)

Contact person:. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

DATE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

SIGNATURE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

or

COMPANY SEAL1.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Director/Secretary)

1.

If the applicant is a company, the application must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

FORM 3

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 10)

DECLARATION FOR REPLACEMENT MINER’S RIGHT

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

To: The Mining Registrar

I,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full name—please underline surname)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

do solemnly and sincerely swear—

that I have lost my Miner’s Right No.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

that. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . has lost its Miner’s Right No.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Name of company)

( Strike out whichever is inapplicable)

and I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Signature)

Declared before me at. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. this. .. .. day of. .. .. .. . 19. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for

Taking Affidavits, Proclaimed Bank Manager)

Additional information to be provided by holder of miner’s right:

1. Contact telephone number:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

2. Contact facsimile number (if available):

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

3.   Ifisacompanyistheholderoftheminer’sright:

(1)

A.C.N. No.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(2)

Position held by the person making the declaration:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

FORM 4

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 11)

SURRENDER OF MINER’S RIGHT

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

I,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address for correspondence or company registered address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

being the holder of Miner’s Right No.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

surrender this miner’s right.

The miner’s right is attached

It is declared that the miner’s right has been

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , thus

preventing its presentation.

( Strike out whichever is inapplicable)

Additional information:

1. Contact telephone number:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

2. Contact facsimile number (if available):

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

3.   Ifacompany:

(1)

A.C.N. No.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(2)

Contact person:. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

DATE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

SIGNATURE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

or

COMPANY SEAL1.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director/Secretary)

1.

If the party is a company, the surrender must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

FORM 5

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 16)

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF MINERAL CLAIM

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

To: The Mining Registrar

1.        Applicant

I,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address for correspondence or company registered address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

apply for registration of the mineral claim described below.

2.        Miner’s right under which claim pegged

My miner’s right number is

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

3.        Mineral being sought

I am seeking

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Mineral being sought)

4.        Location of claim

The claim is located on Section

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Hundred

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Pastoral Block

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

Other

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

which is within the

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

council area.

( Strike out if inapplicable)

A sketch plan delineating the location of the claim must be attached.

The plan must show—

dimensions and bearings of claim boundaries; and

bearings and distances from land boundaries or other known points; and

the proposed means of access from a public road.

All measurements taken for the purposes of the plan must be taken with tape and compass or other survey equipment.

5.        Details of pegging of claim

The claim was properly pegged out under the Mining Act 1971 on

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

by

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

6.        Ownership of land1. (including native title claims and declarations) within area of claim The following searches2. have been conducted to establish ownership (or claims to ownership) of land within the area of the claim with the following results:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

1.

See notes at end of document for information on the "owner" of land.

2.

Include LTO searches and searches of the State Native Title Register and the Register of Native Title Claims kept under the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth.

A copy of each of the following must be attached:

each title evidencing ownership of the land (if any); and

an extract from the State Native Title Register relating to the land (if any entry exists); and

an extract from the Register of Native Title Claims (Cwth) relating to claims to native title in the land (if

any entry exists).

7.

Potential native title land within area of claim

3. (South Australia) Act 1994) exists or might exist in the following land within the area of the claim (even though there is currently no registered claim to, or declaration of, native title inthe land)4.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

3.

See notes at end of document for information on relevant definitions under the Act.

4.

Include all areas in respect of which native title has not been extinguished.

8.        Exempt land within area of claim

The following land within the area of the claim is exempt land under section 9 of the

Mining Act 19715.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

5. Please identify exempt land in the sketch plan that accompanies this application. Do not include land that has

ceased to be exempt land because of a waiver of exemption or a court determination about compensation

payable to the owner.

Waivers of exemption have been negotiated in relation to the following land within the area of the claim:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

A copy of each waiver must be attached.

9.

Notice of entry to land

Give details, attach copies or tick box as appropriate:

Notice of entry was given to the following owners of the land under section 58A of the

Mining Act 1971 on the following dates:

Owners:

Date:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

A copy of each notice (including appropriate details about the service of the notice in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 67—see also Form 20) must be attached.

Notice of entry has not been given to the following owners of the land because entry is

authorised by an agreement with those owners:

Owners:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

A copy of each agreement must be attached.

Notice of entry has not been given to the holders of native title in the land because entry is authorised by—

a native title mining agreement under Part 9B of the Mining Act 1971

a native title mining determination under Part 9B of the Mining Act 1971

10.      Additional information:

1. Contact telephone number:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

2. Contact facsimile number (if available):

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

3.

Iftheapplicantisacompany:

(1)

A.C.N. No.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(2)

Contact person:. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

DATE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

SIGNATURE6.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

or

COMPANY SEAL7.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

2.

If a company, the notice must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

FORM 22

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 71)

WAIVER OF EXEMPTION

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

I,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full name (please underline surname) or company name of landowner)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address or company registered address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

,

being the

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Insert class of owner)

of

Section

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

Hundred

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Pastoral Block. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Other

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

which, under the provisions of section 9 of the Mining Act 1971 is exempt land by virtue of. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(State specific reasons for land being exempt—See accompanying extract from Act)

have entered into an agreement with:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Full name (please underline surname) or company name of mining operator)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address or company registered address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

,

thereby allowing mining operations to be carried out on

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Describe the lands where the operations are to be carried out)

The agreement provides for the following operations to be carried out

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

The agreement is *as per attached copy

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

as follows

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

I hereby waive the exemption in relation to the land from. .. ./. .. ./.. .. to. .. ./. .. ./.. . or until such time as the mining operations described above have been completed.

DATE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

SIGNATURE OF OWNER:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

or

COMPANY SEAL1.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director/Secretary)

1.

If the owner is a company, the waiver must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

CERTIFICATE FROM MINING OPERATOR

I certify that the statements above are the matters agreed between the owner and myself as a mining operator.

DATE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

SIGNATURE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

or

COMPANY SEAL2.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director/Secretary)

2.

If the mining operator is a company, the certificate must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

Mining Act 1971—Section 9—Exempt land

Exempt land

9. (1) Subject to this section—

(a)

land that is lawfully and genuinely used—

(i)

as a yard, garden, cultivated field, plantation, orchard or vineyard;

(ii) as an airfield, railway or tramway;

(iii) as the grounds of a church, chapel, school, hospital or institution; or

(b)

land that constitutes any parklands or recreation grounds under the control of a council; or

(ba) land—

(i) that is dedicated or reserved, pursuant to statute, for the purpose of waterworks; or (iii) that is comprised within an easement in favour of the Minister of Public Works; or

(ii)    that is vested in the Minister of Public Works for the purpose of waterworks; or

(bb) land that constitutes a forest reserve under the Forestry Act 1950; or

(c)

any separate parcel of land of less than 2 000 square metres within any city, town or township; or

(d)

landthatissituated—

(i)

within 400 metres of a building or structure used as a place of residence (except a building or structure of a class excluded by regulation from the ambit of this paragraph); or

(ii)

within150metresof—

(A) a building or structure, with a value of $200 or more, used for an industrial or

commercial purpose; or

(B) a spring, well, reservoir or dam,

(but not if it is an improvement made for the purposes of mining operations),

shall be exempt from mining operations in pursuance of this Act and, unless the land ceases to be so exempt, no miner’s right, precious stones prospecting permit, claim, lease or licence shall authorise prospecting, exploring or mining upon such land (but this section does not prevent the pegging out of a claim upon such land).

(2) Where any land is subject to a claim, lease or licence under this Act and that land would, but for this subsection, be land exempt from mining operations in pursuance of this Act by reason only of a fact or circumstance occurring or arising subsequent to the pegging out, or granting, of the claim, lease or licence, that land shall not be exempt from operations in pursuance of this Act.

(3) Where—

(a)

the person who has the benefit of an exemption under this section, by agreement with a mining operator, waives the exemption; or

(b)

the appropriate court, on the application of a mining operator, determines compensation to be paid by the mining operator to the person or persons who have the benefit of the exemption,

the land shall cease to be exempt land, but the exemption shall revive upon completion of the mining operations in respect of which the agreement or determination was made or at such earlier time as may be stipulated in that agreement or determination.

(3a) An agreement or determination under subsection (3) may be made upon such terms and conditions as the parties or the appropriate court thinks fit.

(3b) The following persons shall, for the purposes of this section, be regarded as having the benefit of an exemption under this section:

(a)

the owner of the exempt land; and

(b)

inthecaseoflandthatisexemptfromminingoperationsundersubsection(1)(d)by reason of its proximity to other land on which a building, structure, spring, well, reservoir or dam is situated—the owner of that other land.

(3c) An agreement or determination under subsection (3) is binding on—

(a)

successorsintitletothoseownersoflandwhohadthebenefitoftheformer exemption; and

(b)

theholdersfromtimetotimeofanyminingtenementinpursuanceofwhichmining operations (being mining operations in respect of which the agreement or determination was made) are carried out.

(4) This section does not affect any provision of the Pastoral Act 1936 prohibiting or restricting the conduct of mining operations on lands subject to that Act.

(5) In this section—

"mining operations" include any operations or activity for which a miscellaneous purposes

licence may be granted.

FORM 23

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 74)

CAVEAT AGAINST A MINING TENEMENT

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

To: The Mining Registrar

TAKE NOTICE that I,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(Full address or company registered address)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

by virtue of

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(Insert reasons)

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claim an interest in (describe tenement)

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No.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. affecting the tenement and I appoint

and I forbid the registration of any transfer, mortgage, lien or surrender

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

.. .. .. .. .. . as the place at which notices and proceedings relating to this caveat may be served.

Additional information:

1. Contact telephone number:

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2. Contact facsimile number (if available):

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3.   Ifacompany:

(1)

A.C.N. No.:

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(2)

Contact person:. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

DATE:

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SIGNATURE1.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. WITNESS2.: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

or

COMPANY SEAL3.

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(Director)

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1. (Director/Secretary)

This caveat may be signed by an agent.

2.

The witness must be a Justice of the Peace, Officer of the Department of Mines and Energy, Member of the Police

Force, Proclaimed Bank Manager or Commissioner for Taking Affidavits.

3.

If a company, the caveat must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

The above caveat was received at. .. .. . am/pm on the. .. .. .. .day of. .. .. .. .19

.. .. . .

with fee of. .. .. .. .. .. .

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Mining Registrar

FORM 24

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 74)

CAVEAT BY CONSENT

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

To: The Mining Registrar

WHEREAS

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(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

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(Full address or company registered address)

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

is the holder of (type of tenement). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. No.

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AND WHEREAS

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(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

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(Full address or company registered address)

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

has agreed to purchase the right, title and interest of the first named person in and to the said

tenement on the terms stated in the annexed copy agreement IT IS AGREED between the parties

that, pending the completion of the purchase and final registration of the transfer of the tenement

to. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

this caveat will be an effectual bar to the transfer or assignment of the tenement during that period

(and no longer).

DATE:

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(BOTH PARTIES TO SIGN AS FOLLOWS)

SIGNATURE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. WITNESS: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

or

COMPANY SEAL1.

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(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director/Secretary)

SIGNATURE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. WITNESS: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

or

COMPANY SEAL1.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director/Secretary)

1.

If a party is a company, the caveat must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

Do not forget to attach a copy of the relevant agreement

The above caveat was received at. .. .. . am/pm on the. .. .. .. .day of. .. .. .. .19

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with fee of. .. .. .. .. .. .

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Mining Registrar

FORM 25

[Form appears in Gaz. 1 August 1996, p. 294]

FORM 26

MINING ACT 1971

(Mining Regulations 1996—Regulation 102)

NOTICE INITIATING NEGOTIATIONS WITH NATIVE TITLE

PARTIES—SECTION 63M

(Please use BLOCK LETTERS)

To: NATIVE TITLE PARTIES

ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COURT

MINISTER FOR MINES AND ENERGY

1.

I,

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(Full name (please underline surname) or company name)

of

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(Full address or company registered address)

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propose to carry out mining operations on the following land:

Section

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Hundred

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Pastoral Block. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Other

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2. The general nature of the proposed mining operations that are to be carried out on the land is as follows:

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3. The proposed operations are or will be authorised by the following exploration authorities and/or production tenements under theMining Act 1971:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

[Give details and indicate whether the authority or tenement is currently held, applied for or

proposed to be applied for.]

4. I—

seek to negotiate a native title mining agreement under Part 9B of the Mining Act 1971.

Note: If, two months after this notice is given as required by the Mining Act 1971, there are no persons registered under the law of the State or the Commonwealth as the holders of, or claimants to, native title in the land, I may apply ex parte to the Environment, Resources and Development Court for a summary determination authorising entry to the land for the purpose of carrying out mining operations on the land, and the conduct of mining operations on the land.

propose to rely on section 63O of the Mining Act 1971 (Expedited procedure where

impact of operations is minimal) on the grounds that the mining operations—

will not directly interfere with the community life of the holders of native title in

the land on which the operations are to be carried out; and

will not interfere with areas or sites of particular significance, in accordance with

their traditions, to the holders of native title in the land on which the operations are

to be carried out; and

will not involve major disturbance to the land on which the operations are to be

carried out.

Note: I may apply ex parte to the Environment, Resources and Development Court for a summary determination authorising mining operations in accordance with the proposals made in this notice. If, within two months after this notice is given, a written objection to my reliance on section 63O is given by the Minister, or a person who holds, or claims to hold, native title in the land, the Court must not make the determination unless satisfied, after giving the objectors an opportunity to be heard, that the operations are in fact operations to which section 63O applies.

Additional information:

1. Contact telephone number:

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2. Contact facsimile number (if available):

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

3.   Ifacompany:

(1)

A.C.N. No.:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

(2)

Contact person:. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

DATE:

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SIGNATURE:

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

or

COMPANY SEAL1.

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

(Director/Secretary)

1.

If a company, the notice must bear the company’s seal and be witnessed by appropriate officers.

The following information about service on native title holders is provided for the convenience of the mining operator and need not be included in the notice given under section 63M.

If a native title declaration establishes who are the holders of native title in the land—the notice must be given to the registered representative of the native title holders and the relevant representative Aboriginal body for the land.

If there is no native title declaration establishing who are the holders of native title in the land—the notice must be given to all who hold or may hold native title in the land in accordance with the method set out in Part 5 of the Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994 as follows:

the notice must be given personally or by post to—

all registered representatives of holders of native title in the land (see the State Native

Title Register kept by the Registrar of the ERD Court); and

all registered representatives of persons who are registered under the law of the

Commonwealth or the State as claimants to native title in the land (see the State Native

Title Register kept by the Registrar of the ERD Court and the Commonwealth Register

of Native Title Claims); and

the relevant representative Aboriginal body (under the regulations this is the Aboriginal

Legal Rights Movement Inc. except on lands of the Maralinga Tjarutja or Anangu

Pitjantjatjara); and

the Commonwealth Minister (under the regulations this is the Attorney-General of the

Commonwealth); and

the State Minister (under the regulations this is the Attorney-General of the State); and

notice of the nature and effect of the notice (including a description of the land concerned)

must be given—

by publishing a notice (at least 4cm x 4cm) in each of the following:

a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State;

if there is a local or regional newspaper that is published at least weekly and

circulated generally in the area in which the land, or part of the land, concerned is

situated—that newspaper; and

if there is a newspaper or magazine that caters mainly or exclusively to the interests

of Aboriginal people and is published at least monthly and circulated generally in

the area in which the land, or part of the land, concerned is situated—that

newspaper or magazine; and

by informing each of the following broadcasting services of the fact that the notice has

been published and where it has been published:

a general broadcasting service that serves the area within which the land, or part of situated—that broadcasting service.

the land, is situated;

if there is a broadcasting service that caters mainly or exclusively to the interests of

SCHEDULE 2

Fees

1.

Application for issue or renewal of miner’s right

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$ 40.00

2.

Declaration of loss

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$ 9.00

3.

Application for registration of mineral claim

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 23.00

4.

Application for registration or renewal of access claim

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

$ 40.00

5.

Mining Lease—

(a) Application fee (per lease)

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$ 60.00

(b) Preparation fee (per lease)

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$ 60.00

(c) Renewal fee (per lease)

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$ 60.00

6.      Miscellaneous Purposes Licence—

(a) Application fee (per licence)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 60.00

(b) Preparation fee (per licence). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 60.00

(c) Renewal fee (per licence). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 60.00

7.      Retention Lease—

(a) Application fee (per lease)

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$ 60.00

(b) Preparation fee (per lease)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 60.00

(c) Renewal fee (per lease)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 60.00

8.

Exploration Licence—Application fee (per licence)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$172.00

9.

Inspection of register

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$ 25.00

(a) Extract of lease or licence

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$ 6.00

(b) Extract of claim

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

$ 4.00

10.    Application for Ministerial consent to dealing with the following:

(a) Exploration licence

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$250.00

(b) Mining lease

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$ 50.00

(c) Retention lease

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$ 50.00

(d) Miscellaneous purposes licence

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$ 50.00

11.    Registration of Ministerial consent (in respect of each tenement

affected by the instrument)

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$ 9.00

12.

Application for issue of duplicate lease

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 61.00

13.

Application for issue of duplicate licence

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 61.00

14.

Late lodgment of transfer. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

$ 23.00

15.

Further fee for late lodgment of transfer, if lodged more than 90 days late

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$ 6.00

16.

Lodgment of caveat

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$ 40.00

17.

Withdrawal of caveat

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$ 40.00

18.

Registration of any other document. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

$ 9.00

19.

Exemption from removing posts

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$ 6.00

SCHEDULE 3

Rents

Rental (per annum)—

(a)

Mining lease (per hectare). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $ 23.30

(b)

Retention lease (per hectare)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $ 11.60

(c)

Minimum rental in respect of any lease

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $ 60.00

(d)

Miscellaneous purposes licence (per hectare). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $ 11.60

Minimum rental

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $ 56.00

(e)

Exploration licence (per square kilometre)

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

$ 3.20

Minimum rental

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $235.00

SCHEDULE 4

Prescribed Requirements

Section of Act

Description

Section 35A

Representations in relation to grant of lease

Section 53

Application for licence

Section 54

Compensation

Section 58

How entry on land may be authorised

Section 58A

Notice of entry

Section 61

Compensation

Regulation

Description

Regulation 5

Special approval required in certain cases

Regulation 41

Terms and conditions of a lease

Regulation 49

Working conditions

Regulation 60

Mode of taking possession

Regulation 61

Display of licence number

Regulation 64

Maintenance of licence

APPENDIX

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Schedule 2:

substituted by 87, 1997, reg. 3; 109, 1998, reg. 3

Schedule 3:

substituted by 87, 1997, reg. 3; 109, 1998, reg. 4

Schedule 4:

varied by 235, 1997, reg. 3

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