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Mining Amendment Act 2008.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
New South Wales
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Exploration Minerals Mining Inspection Royalties/fees Enforcement/compliance Court/tribunal Non-governmental entity Management/conservation Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The object of this Act, consisting of two Schedules, is to make miscellaneous amendments to the Mining Act to, require mining of private minerals to be carried out under the authority of an authorisation and to create a new class of authority for mineral owners (a mineral owner authority); enable the director-general (rather than the mining registrar) to grant mineral claims, opal prospecting licences and mineral owner authorities and to confer functions currently exercised by mining registrars on the director-general; enable more than one authorisation to apply over the same land subject to certain conditions; remove the current limitations on the area of land over which an exploration licence may be granted and to enable regulations to be made with respect to the shape and size of land required; provide for the kinds of prospecting operations permitted under an authorisation to be determined by the minister by order published in the Gazette, with additional operations to be approved on application; require mining subleases to be registered for the purposes of recognition under the Mining Act and to make other provisions with respect to the registration of mining subleases and the payment of royalties by holders of mining subleases, and provide that fees under the Mining Act are to be prescribed by regulation rather than determined by the minister.

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Amends

Mining Act 1992.

Legislation | Australia | 1992 (2017)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Exploration, Minerals, Mining, Inspection, Royalties/fees, Enforcement/compliance, Court/tribunal, Non-governmental entity, Management/conservation, Authorization/permit, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Harmonisation) Act 2015 No. 40.

Legislation | Australia | 2015

Keyword: Oil, Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Policy/planning, Exploration, Mining, Royalties/fees, Inspection, Pollution control, Access-to-information, Transport/storage, Access right

Source: FAO, FAOLEX