STATUTORY
RULES.
1926. No. 52.
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REGULATIONS
UNDER THE PRECIOUS METALS PROSPECTING ACT 1926.
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Precious Metals Prospecting Act
1926, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated the
sixteenth day of April, 1926.
STONEHAVEN,
Governor-General.
By
His Excellency’s Command,
G. F.
PEARCE,
Minister of State for Home and
Territories.
Precious Metals Prospecting Regulations.
Short
title.
1. These Regulations may be
cited as the Precious Metals Prospecting Regulations.
Definitions.
2. In these Regulations,
unless the contrary intention appears, “the Act” means the Precious Metals Prospecting Act 1926.
Terms
and conditions of advances in States.
3. The terms and conditions
upon which advances shall be made by a State out of moneys allocated to it
under the Act to assist persons or companies engaged in prospecting for
precious metals shall be in accordance with the laws of that State from time to
time in force relating to prospecting.
Advances
in the Northern Territory.
4. (1) The terms and
conditions upon which advances shall be made in the Northern Territory to
assist persons or companies engaged in the Territory in prospecting for
precious metals shall be in accordance with the laws of the Territory from time
to time in force relating to prospecting.
(2) No advance in excess of Three
hundred pounds shall be made in the Northern Territory except with the approval
of the Minister.
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