Mining Act 1893 (SA)

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ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO SEXTO ET QUINQUAGESIMO

SEPTIMO

A.D. 1893,

No. 587.

An Act relating to Mining.

[Assented to, December 234, 1893.1

E i t Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Aus-

and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parlia-

B tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council

ment assembled, as follows:

PART I.

PART

T,

INTRODUCTORY.

1, This Act may be cited as

The Mining Act, 1893."

Bhort title.

2. This Act is divided into eight parts, as follows :-

Division.

PART X,-Intr oductorp:

PART 11.-Departmental

and Official:

PART

111.-Acquisition

of Rights of Prospecting, Mining, and

Occupation:

I)xvxsro~

I.-

~enera. f:

DIVISION 11.-Miners'

Rights:

D~VISION

111.-Goldfields:

DIVIS~ON

I V. --Gold

Leases:

D I V I ~ I O N

v.-Mineral

Leases:

DIVISION VI.-Coal

and Oil Leases:

D I VISION

v II .-Miscellaneous

Leases:

DIVISION

YIII.--Business and Occupation Licen-

8-587

ces:

PART

56" & 57' VICTORIW, No. 587.

PAST

I.

PABT IT.-~nsiection of Mines:

PART

v. --

Drainage of Mines:

PART vr.-Encouragement

of Mining:

R ~ M.

3, The several enactrnents mentioned in Schedule A hereto are hereby repealed to the extent therein set out; but such repeal shall not affect any right, interest, or liability already created, existing, or incurred, nor anything la,wfully done or suffered undcr any enactment hereby repealed; and any proceeding in respect of such right, interest, or liability may be carried on as if such repeal had not taken place.

DeBnition,

4.

In the construction of this Act, except .where inconsistent with

the context or subject matter-

cc Act" includes regulations:

Business" means any business, profession, trade, calling, or occupation, except mining:

c' Business claim " means a claim held under a business licence:

Ii Business licence " means a business licence granted undcr this

Act :

Claim" means any area held under a miner's right or business

licence, and includes amalgamated claims:

Coal " includes all descriptions of coal and shale:

cc Coal or oil lease" means a coal or oil lease granted under this

Act for thc purposc of mining for coal or oil:

'Wrown lands " mcttns all lands in South Australia, except-

I. Lands rescrvcd for or dedicated to any public purpose:

11. Lands subject to a grant or contract for a grant in fee

simple by or on behalf of the Crown:

r r r.

Lands subject to any licence for mining purposes or to any

lease granted by or on behalf of the Crown, OF held by

virtue of a miner's right or a business licence or occu-

pation

licence:

And includes all lands situate between high and low water- mark on the seashore and on the margin of tidal rivers:

Gold " means as well gold as any substsnce containing gold, or having gold mixed therewith, or set part for the purpose

of extracting gold therefrom:

a Goldfield " means a proclaimed goldfield:

"Gold lease" means a lease granted under this Act for the

purpose of mining for gold:

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