Mining Amendment Act 2012 (WA)

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Mining Amendment Act 2012

Western Australia

Mining Amendment Act 2012

CONTENTS

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.

Short title

2

2.

Commencement

2

Part 2 — Mining Act 1978 amended

3.

Act amended

3

4.

Section 5 amended

3

5.

Section 8 amended

3

6.

Section 15 amended

4

7.

Section 18 amended

5

8.

Section 20 amended

5

9.

Sections 20A, 20B and 20C deleted

5

10.

Section 21 amended

5

11.

Part III Division 2 heading amended

5

12.

Section 23 replaced

6

23.             Mining on public reserves etc. and

Commonwealth land

6

13.

Section 25A inserted

6

25A.

Mining on Commonwealth land

6

14.

Section 26 amended

7

15.

Part IIIA inserted

8

Part IIIA — Miner’s rights and related permits

40A.

Terms used

8

40B.

Conservation land

8

40C.

Issue of miner’s right

9

40D.

Authorisation under miner’s right

9

Mining Amendment Act 2012

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40E.

Permit to prospect on Crown land or

conservation land subject of exploration

licence

12

40F.

Power to remove Crown land or

conservation land from operation of s. 40E

13

40G.

Limitation on actions in tort

14

16.

Section 46 amended

14

17.

Section 56A amended

15

18.

Section 56B amended

15

19.

Section 63 amended

15

20.

Section 65 amended

15

21.

Section 70 amended

17

22.

Section 70H amended

17

23.

Section 74 amended

17

24.

Section 82 amended

18

25.

Section 82A amended

19

26.

Section 91 amended

19

27.

Section 93 amended

19

28.

Section 96 amended

19

29.

Section 96A amended

20

30.

Section 97 amended

20

31.

Section 104 amended

20

32.

Section 105 amended

20

33.

Section 112 amended

21

34.

Section 116 amended

21

35.

Section 154 amended

21

36.

Section 155 amended

22

37.

Section 156 amended

22

38.

Section 160 amended

22

39.

Section 160B replaced

23

160B.

Time limit for prosecution action

23

40.

Section 162B inserted

23

162B.

Extension of prescribed period or time

23

41.

Section 162 amended

23

42.

Second Schedule Division 1 heading inserted

24

Division 1 — Provisions relating to transition from

repealed Act

43.

Second Schedule Division 2 inserted

24

Division 2 — Provisions relating to Mining

Amendment Act 2012

16.

Miner’s rights

24

17.

Surrender requirements

24

18.

Commonwealth land

25

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19.

Time limit for prosecution action

25

Part 3 — Mining Amendment

Act 2004 amended

44.

Act amended

26

45.

Section 19 amended

26

Western Australia

Mining Amendment Act 2012

No. 51 of 2012

An Act to amend the Mining Act 1978 and the Mining Amendment

Act 2004.

[Assented to 29 November 2012]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Mining Amendment Act 2012

Part 1

Preliminary

s. 1

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.             Short title

This is the Mining Amendment Act 2012.

2.             Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows —

(a)

sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

(b)

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