Mining Variation Regulations 2005 (SA)

South Australia

Mining Variation Regulations 2005

under the Mining Act 1971

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1. Short title

2. Commencement

3. Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Mining Regulations 1998

1. Insertion of Part 1A

   Part 1A—Royalty

   6APrescribed costs (section 17)

   6BMeans of payment (section 17G)

2. Revocation of regulation 96

3. Variation of Schedule 2—Fees

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Mining Variation Regulations 2005.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 1 January 2006.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Mining Regulations 1998

4—Insertion of Part 1A

After Part 1 insert:

Part 1A—Royalty

6A—Prescribed costs (section 17)

For the purposes of section 17(8) of the Act, the costs of the following kinds are prescribed:

(a)costs (including GST) genuinely incurred in transporting the minerals from the relevant tenement to a port (including, for example, packaging, storage, loading, permit, fees and insurance costs);

(b)costs genuinely incurred in shipping the minerals from a port to a genuine purchaser in a sale at arms length;

(c)any other cost determined by the Minister to be a cost of a prescribed kind for the purposes of that section.

6B—Means of payment (section 17G)

For the purposes of section 17G of the Act, royalty may be paid by means of electronic funds transfer to an account nominated by the Minister.

5—Revocation of regulation 96

Regulation 96—delete the regulation

6—Variation of Schedule 2—Fees

Schedule 2, table—after item 23 insert:

24 Administrative fee for late lodgement of return $160.00

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Administrator

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 15 December 2005

No 277 of 2005

MMRD05/012CS