{"id":"whyalla-steel-works-act-1958","name":"Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958","slug":"whyalla-steel-works-act-1958","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":110814,"registerId":"sa-whyalla-steel-works-act-1958-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"The original Indenture","content":"Schedule 1—The original Indenture\nTHIS INDENTURE made the fourth day of September 1958 BETWEEN the State of South Australia (hereinafter referred to as \"the State\") of the one part and THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED a company incorporated in the State of Victoria and having its registered office in South Australia at Number 28 Franklin Street Adelaide (hereinafter referred to as \"the Company\" which expression shall include the successors and assigns of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited) of the other part:\nWHEREAS the establishment of steel works in South Australia would greatly increase the economic strength of the State and provide opportunities for the employment and advancement of its citizens and be instrumental in influencing other industries which substantially depend on the products of the Company in their processes of manufacture to establish operations at Whyalla:\nAND WHEREAS the State has requested the Company to extend its undertaking at Whyalla by the establishment of steel-making plant, rolling mills and other works associated therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto, and the Company is willing to do so upon satisfactory arrangements for that purpose being made:\nAND WHEREAS for the proper conduct of its operations it is necessary that the Company should be assured of supplies of raw materials, and security of tenure of certain lands and mineral and other leases, and be granted certain powers and rights:\nNOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the parties hereto covenant and agree with each other as follows:\n1.\tRatification and operation of Indenture\n\t(1)\tThe clauses of this Indenture other than this clause shall not come into operation unless the Parliament of the State passes a Bill to ratify this Indenture and unless the Act resulting from the passage of such a Bill comes into operation before the 1st day of January 1959.\n\t(2)\tIf such a Bill is so passed this Indenture shall upon the day when the Bill becomes operative as an Act come into operation and be binding on the parties hereto.\n\t(3)\tWithout in any way derogating from any right or remedy of the Company in respect of a breach of this Indenture if the Parliament of the State should at any time alter or amend the Act passed to ratify this Indenture or should enact legislation which modifies the rights of the Company under such Act or under this Indenture the Company shall have the right to terminate this Indenture.\n2.\tInterpretation\nIn this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires—\n\"the Indenture of 1937\" means the Indenture set out in the schedule to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act, 1937:\n\"the Middleback Range area\" means the area shown on the plan set out in the Appendix A hereto being an area of 242 square miles or thereabouts in the Counties of Hore-Ruthven, Manchester and York, bounded as follows:\nCommencing at a point latitude 32 degrees, 41 minutes south and longitude 137 degrees, 5 minutes east near White Dam in the county of Hore-Ruthven, thence 5 miles, 60 chains east, thence 42 miles south, thence 5 miles, 60 chains west, thence north to the point of commencement; all bearings true:\n\"steel works\" means steel-making plant, rolling mills and other works associated therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto at Whyalla:\n\"reserved area\" means an area which by or pursuant to a proclamation made under the Mining Act, 1930–1955, or any subsequent amendment or re-enactment thereof is reserved from the operation of all or any of the provisions of that Act:\n\"subsidiary company\" or \"subsidiary\" means a company in which the Company holds directly or indirectly at least one half of the issued share capital:\n\"associated company\" means any company carrying on operations at or near Whyalla which substantially depends on the products of the Company for its trading or manufacturing processes:\n\"the ratification of this Indenture\" means the day upon which this Indenture comes into operation.\n3.\tConstruction of works by the Company\n\t(1)\tAt a date not later than the 1st day of January 1960 the Company will commence the construction of steel works at Whyalla and subject to sub-clause (5) of this clause will by the 31st day of December 1970 expend on such construction the sum of £30 million in the aggregate.\n\t(2)\tIn computing such expenditure there shall be taken into account all moneys expended by the Company after the 18th day of February 1958 in connection with such construction.\n\t(3)\tNotwithstanding anything contained in subclause (2) of this clause expenditure by the Company on the construction of a beneficiation and treatment plant for jaspilite and other iron bearing substances shall not be taken into account in computing the expenditure of the Company on steel works.\n\t(4)\tThe Company will, if required by the State, as early as practicable after the end of each financial year until the sum of £30 million has been expended by the Company on the construction of steel works supply to the State a summary audited by the Company's auditors of its expenditure on steel works during such financial year.\n\t(5)\tIf the Company should at any time suffer any delay in the construction of steel works by reason of or arising from any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Company, the date for the completion of the expenditure of £30 million on such construction will be postponed after the said 31st day of December 1970 by a period equal to the period of such delay and any further delay consequential thereon.\n\t(6)\tWhenever any such delay or further delay consequential thereon occurs the Company will within a reasonable time report it in writing to the State.\n4.\tProspecting rights of Company\n\t(1)\tNotwithstanding the Proclamations made on the 15th day of March 1951 and the 17th day of February 1955 under paragraph (c) of section 6 of the Mining Act 1930–1951, the Company shall for a period of ten years after the ratification of this Indenture and during any period of extension as provided in subclause (2) of this clause, have within the Middleback Range area—\n\t(a)\tthe sole and exclusive right to prospect for iron ore and iron bearing substances; and\n\t(b)\ta non-exclusive right to prospect for metal, minerals and natural substances other than iron ore or iron bearing substances.\n\t(2)\tThe Company's rights under this clause will continue for a further period of ten years beyond the period referred to in subclause (1) of this clause unless they cease as provided by subclause (5) of this clause.\n\t(3)\tFor the purpose of any such prospecting the Company may without payment enter and occupy any land within the Middleback Range area and may on any such land erect buildings and structures, drill and dig holes, and carry out such other work as the Company deems necessary but the Company shall not have any such rights over any land—\n\t(a)\twhich for the time being is lawfully used as the site of a house, outhouse, shed, building, structure, dam or reservoir, or as a yard, garden, cultivated field, orchard, stockyard or other like enclosure; or\n\t(b)\twhich at the date of the ratification of this Indenture is comprised in any claim or lease held under the laws relating to mining by a person other than the Company.\n\t(4)\tIf any such claim or lease as is referred to in paragraph (b) of subclause (3) of this clause is terminated on or before the expiration of ten years after the ratification of this Indenture or during any extension under subclause (2) hereof the restriction on the Company's rights under this clause which is contained in the said paragraph (b) shall cease to have any operation in respect of the land comprised in such claim or lease.\n\t(5)\tIf the Company at any time before the expiration of twenty years after the ratification of this Indenture ceases to require all or any of the rights conferred upon it by subclause (1) of this clause, it shall notify the State of that fact and thereupon the Company's rights under subclause (1) of this clause shall cease to the extent indicated in the notice but not otherwise.\n\t(6)\tDuring the period of ten years after the ratification of this Indenture and during any extension under subclause (2) of this clause the State will not register any claim or grant any lease by which any person other than the Company will obtain under the laws relating to mining or otherwise any rights to mine or take natural substances within the Middleback Range area unless the Company's rights under this clause in relation to the area concerned have ceased as provided by subclause (5) of this clause, or unless the Company reports to the State that the area concerned does not contain iron ore or iron bearing substances required by the Company. The Company will, when requested by the State, furnish the State with such information as the Company is then able to furnish, on the question whether any area specified by the State contains iron ore or iron bearing substances required by the Company.\n5.\tRight to leases in the Middleback Range area\n\t(1)\tUpon application by the Company during any period provided for under clause 4 of this Indenture the State will grant to the Company or will procure the grant to the Company of mineral leases upon the terms provided for in this Indenture conferring upon the Company rights to mine for and obtain iron ore and other iron bearing substances from any land within the Middleback Range area specified by the Company in such application.\n\t(2)\tEvery mineral lease granted pursuant to this clause shall be for a period of 50 years from the date of the grant thereof with rights of renewal from time to time as provided by clause 13 of this Indenture.\n\t(3)\tSubject to the provisions of this Indenture any such mineral lease shall be in the form or to the effect set out in the Appendix B hereto.\n\t(4)\tNothing in this Indenture shall limit any rights of the Company under the Mining laws of the State and upon application by the Company for leases or other rights in respect of metals, minerals and other natural substances (other than iron ore and iron bearing substances) within the Middleback Range area the State will grant to the Company or will procure the grant to the Company of such leases or rights in terms no less favourable than those provided for by the Mining laws of the State.\n6.\tIron ore and iron bearing materials discovered in reserved areas\n\t(1)\tIf prospecting by the State in a reserved area proves the existence of a worthwhile deposit of iron ore or iron bearing substances the State will as soon as practicable give the Company notice of the discovery of such deposit and any information in the possession of the State as to the deposit.\n\t(2)\tWithout in any way derogating from any other rights of the Company, after receipt of notice under subclause (1) of this clause the Company may apply to the State for such mineral or other leases as will enable the Company to prospect for mine or obtain iron ore or other iron bearing substances on or from such deposit or any part thereof.\n\t(3)\tUpon any such application being made the State may in its discretion grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of mineral or other leases upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the State and the Company as being just and reasonable having regard to the matters set out in the recitals of this Indenture.\n7.\tIron ore and iron bearing materials outside reserved areas\n\t(1)\tNothing in this Indenture shall in any way restrict any right of the Company under the Mining laws of the State or otherwise—\n\t(a)\tto prospect for iron ore or other iron bearing substances in areas other than reserved areas; or\n\t(b)\tto peg and register claims and be granted mineral and other leases over land in such areas.\n\t(2)\tThe Company may from time to time apply to the Minister of Mines to make a declaration that any specified area not exceeding 50 square miles in which the Company is prospecting or is about to prospect for iron ore or iron bearing substances shall be an approved prospecting area for the purposes of this clause.\n\t(3)\tThe Minister may, in his discretion, grant or refuse an application under subclause (2) but shall not capriciously refuse it.\n\t(4)\tA declaration under this clause shall be made by written notice to the Company and shall remain in operation for a period fixed by the notice not exceeding four years. The period of operation may be extended by the Minister from time to time for not more than four years at any one extension. The Minister shall not capriciously refuse an application by the Company for an extension under this sub-clause.\n\t(5)\tNo proclamation reserving any land from the operation of all or any provisions of the Mining Act, 1930–1954, or of any Act amending or substituted for that Act, shall take away or restrict any right of the Company—\n\t(a)\tto prospect within an approved prospecting area for iron ore and other iron bearing substances; or\n\t(b)\tto peg out and register claims over land situated within an approved prospecting area and containing such ore and substances; or\n\t(c)\tto be granted mineral leases over such land.\n\t(6)\tSubclauses (2) to (5) of this clause shall not be deemed to derogate from any other rights of the Company under the Mining laws of the State or this Indenture.\n\t(7)\tSubject to the provisions of this Indenture relating to royalties and labour conditions any mineral lease granted to the Company pursuant to this clause shall be in the form or to the effect set out in the Appendix B hereto.\n8.\tRent for mineral leases\n\t(1)\tNotwithstanding the provisions of any mineral lease held by the Company at the time of the ratification of this Indenture or granted to the Company pursuant to this Indenture the Company shall during the period of twenty years after the ratification of this Indenture pay to the State as and by way of rent for all of such leases so held or granted the annual sum of £12,000 in addition to the rent fixed by any such lease.\n\t(2)\tUpon the expiration of such period of twenty years the Company shall pay to the State the rental fixed by any such lease and no more.\n9.\tRoyalties\n\t(1)\tSubject to subclauses (3) and (4) of this clause the Company shall pay to the Treasurer royalties in accordance with this Indenture on all iron ore and other iron bearing substances obtained by the Company from land comprised in mineral leases held by the Company at the time of the ratification of this Indenture or granted to the Company pursuant to this Indenture.\n\t(2)\tThe rates of royalty shall be—\n\t(i)\teach ton of high grade iron ore fed directly to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia without beneficiation; and\n\t(ii)\teach ton of the dry weight of beneficiated iron bearing substances or iron concentrates fed to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia;\n\t(b)\tsixpence a ton on the dry weight of all jaspilite and of all other iron bearing substances of similar grade which without beneficiation are fed directly to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia.\n\t(3)\tThe said rates shall be substituted for the rates of sixpence per ton payable on iron ore and other iron bearing substances under any of the leases of the Company in existence at the time of the ratification of this Indenture.\n\t(4)\tThe rate of royalty fixed by subclause (2) of this clause is related to a basis selling price by the Company of foundry pig iron of £21 7s. 6d. per ton, c.i.f. Port Adelaide. If such basis selling price on the 30th day of June in any year exceeds or is less than £21 7s. 6d. per ton, c.i.f. Port Adelaide the royalty payable under this clause shall be increased or decreased as the case may be by one penny per ton on high grade iron ore and by one-third of one penny per ton on jaspilite and other iron bearing substances of similar grade for each complete £1 of the increase or decrease of such basis selling price above or below £21 7s. 6d.\n\t(5)\tIn the event of the Company ceasing at any time to sell foundry pig iron at a price calculated with reference to the price per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide nevertheless there shall be calculated by the Company a notional basis selling price per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide as if the Company were selling foundry pig iron c.i.f. Port Adelaide and this shall be the basis selling price for the purposes of subclause (4) hereof.\n10.\tPayment and computation of royalties\n\t(1)\tThe royalties payable under clause 9 of this Indenture shall be paid within two months after the end of each half-year ending on the 31st May or 30th November as the case may be.\n\t(2)\t—\n\t(a)\tFor the purpose of computing the tonnage upon which royalty is payable the Company's weighbridge and weightometer records with any adjustments necessary to compensate for known errors in weighing shall be prima facie evidence of the matters contained therein.\n\t(b)\tFor the purpose of determining the moisture content of any beneficiated iron bearing substances or iron concentrates on the dry weight of which royalty is payable under this Indenture, the returns furnished by the Company shall be prima facie evidence of the matters contained therein.\n\t(c)\tThe State may at any time check and verify the calculations of the Company.\n\t(3)\tIn the months of December and June of each year the Company will furnish to the Minister of Mines of the State—\n\t(a)\ta return of all substances chargeable with royalty, fed directly to furnaces or shipped as aforesaid during the period of six calendar months ending on the preceding 30th November or 31st May as the case may be;\n\t(b)\tany other information reasonably required by the Minister of Mines for the purpose of enabling him to compute the amount of royalty payable by the Company.\n\t(4)\tThe Minister of Mines and his officers, servants and agents for the purpose of checking and verifying any such return shall during normal office hours have access to and the right of inspection of all books, papers and documents of the Company insofar as they relate to substances chargeable with royalty, and the right to enter and examine the lands comprised in the said leases.\n11.\tLabour conditions of leases\nNotwithstanding anything contained in the Indenture of 1937 or in the mining laws of the State the Company shall be deemed to have complied with the labour conditions of all the mineral or other leases held by the Company at the date of the ratification of this Indenture or which may be granted to the Company pursuant to this Indenture if the number of men horsepower and horses employed on any one or more of those leases is not less than the total number of men horsepower and horses required by the Mining laws of the State at the date of the ratification of this Indenture to be employed on all the said leases.\n12.\tRaw materials other than iron\n\t(1)\tAs and when requested by the Company the State will in collaboration with the Company or otherwise carry out or procure the carrying out of prospecting and exploratory work in areas specified by the Company to locate suitable deposits of metals and minerals (other than iron ore and iron bearing substances) required by the Company for its operations generally.\n\t(2)\tThe Company will pay to the State the reasonable costs of any work under subclause (1) of this clause.\n\t(3)\tOn the application of the Company the State will grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of mineral or other leases or rights under the Mining laws of the State to enable the Company to mine for and obtain any such metals or minerals.\n13.\tRenewals of mineral leases\n\t(1)\tNotwithstanding any enactment, the Company shall be entitled to the renewal from time to time of any mineral lease granted to the Company (whether before or after the ratification of this Indenture) and under which the Company obtains materials which it deems essential for any operations of the Company at Whyalla or its steel-making operations generally.\n\t(2)\tEach renewal shall be for a term of twenty-one years or any shorter term applied for by the Company.\n\t(3)\tThe State upon the application of the Company shall grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of any such renewal.\n\t(4)\tExcept as provided in subclause (5) of this clause, the terms, covenants, conditions and other provisions of a lease granted under this clause by way of renewal shall be the same as those of the renewed lease.\n\t(5)\tBy way of the renewal of a mineral lease granted to the Company before the ratification of this Indenture and under which the Company mines for iron ore or other iron bearing substances, a lease for twenty-one years in the form set out in the Appendix B hereto or as near thereto as practicable shall be granted to the Company.\n\t(6)\tThis clause shall not restrict the operation of any provision of any lease relating to the forfeiture thereof for breach or non-performance of any term, covenant or condition thereof.\n14.\tLand for construction and operation of steel works\n\t(1)\tIf for the purpose of or in connection with the construction or operation of steel works the Company should require the fee simple of or any lease easement or other rights over any land comprised in any pastoral or other lease granted by the State, and the State or any authority under the State has power to resume such land the State shall at the request of the Company exercise or procure the exercise of such power to the extent necessary and transfer convey or assign to the Company or procure the transfer conveyance or assignment to the Company of the land, lease, easement or rights which the Company requires for the purposes aforesaid; but the Company shall pay to the State or other authority a reasonable price for such land, lease, easement or rights sufficient to cover the expenditure incurred by the State or other authority for or in connection with the resumption.\n\t(2)\tIf for any of the purposes mentioned in subclause (1) of this clause the Company requires the fee simple of or any rights over any Crown lands not subject to any lease or agreement the State will sell to the Company at such reasonable price as may be agreed the fee simple of that land or the other rights required by the Company over that land.\n15.\tPurchase of Whyalla town water supply\nThe State will, not later than two months after the ratification of this Indenture in accordance with such arrangements as are agreed upon between the parties take over from the Company and operate the mains, pipes, meters, fittings and other works, plant and equipment owned by the Company and used for the reticulation of water within the area of the Whyalla Water District proclaimed under the Northern Areas and Whyalla Water Supply Act 1940.\n16.\tWater for the company's operations\n\t(1)\tThe State will supply to the Company or to any subsidiary or associated company or procure the supply to such company of such amounts of water as such company requires from time to time—\n\t(a)\tfor the operations of any such company at Whyalla or within the Middleback Range area; and\n\t(b)\tfor local reticulation to the public at Iron Knob or elsewhere within the Middleback Range area if such reticulation is undertaken by any such company.\nProvided that the State will not be obliged to supply more than 1,000 million gallons per annum unless the Company notifies the State in writing that it requires a supply from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline in excess of 1,000 million gallons per annum, in which case the State will procure that within a period of three years from the date of such notice being given to it there will be available to the Company the whole of its requirements in excess of 1,000 million gallons per annum.\n\t(2)\tDelivery of water to the Company for consumption or use at Iron Knob or elsewhere in the Middleback Range area may at the option of the Company be taken either at a point on the said Morgan-Whyalla pipeline or elsewhere.\n\t(3)\tThe price to be paid for water delivered to the Company or to a subsidiary or associated company at any point on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline or at Whyalla shall be the basic price set out in subclause (5) of this clause or such lower price as is charged by the Minister of Works pursuant to any law for the time being in force.\n\t(4)\tThe price to be paid for any water delivered to the Company or to a subsidiary or associated company elsewhere than at a point on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline shall be the basic price plus the following amounts:\n\t(a)\tSuch proportion of the interest and sinking fund on capital expenditure incurred by the State in constructing a branch pipeline and incidental works to convey water from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline to the point of delivery, as is attributable to water delivered to the Company or to the subsidiary or associated company as the case may be:\n\t(b)\tSuch proportion of the cost of maintenance and repairs of the branch pipeline and incidental works, and of overhead expenses incurred in connection therewith as is attributable to water delivered to the Company or to the subsidiary or associated company as the case may be; and\n\t(c)\tThe cost of pumping the water delivered to the Company or to the subsidiary or associated company as the case may be from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline to the point of delivery.\n\t(5)\tFor the purpose of this clause the basic price of water shall be:\n\nPer Thousand\ns.\nGallons.\nd.\nFor all water up to the first 300 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 300 million gallons and up to 420 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 420 million gallons and up to 540 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 540 million gallons and up to 600 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 600 million gallons per year of supply\n17.\tOption of company to construct a main\n\t(1)\tWithout in any way derogating from the obligations of the State under this Indenture the Company may—\n\t(a)\tconstruct a water main from a point on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline to a point or points in the Middleback Range area; or\n\t(b)\trequest the State to construct such a water main on behalf of and at the expense of the Company.\nThe junction of such water main with the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline shall be at a place convenient to the Company and approved by the Minister of Works, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.\n\t(2)\tAt the request of the Company the State will grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of such easements or other rights as the Company may reasonably require for the purpose of constructing repairing or maintaining such a water main or doing anything necessary for such purpose.\n\t(3)\tThe Company will if the State so desires sell water to the State from the said water main for reticulation to retail consumers at a price to be agreed between the Company and the State.\n18.\tQuality of water\nThe water to be delivered to the Company under this Indenture shall be potable water in the condition in which it is drawn from the River Murray and without filtering, treatment or change except such change (if any) as necessarily occurs during the transmission of the water from the River Murray to the point of delivery to the Company.\n19.\tMinimum payment for water\n\t(1)\tSubject to subclause (2) of this clause, the Company shall pay the Minister of Works on the first day of each quarter in each year of supply the sum of £6,000 for water supplied or to be supplied during that quarter.\n\t(2)\tIf during any year of supply the sum payable by the Company pursuant to this Indenture for water delivered to the Company exceeds £24,000, the Company shall within one month after the end of that year of supply pay to the Minister of Works the amount by which such sum exceeds £24,000. Provided that if in any year of supply during a triennial period the sum payable by the Company pursuant to this Indenture for water delivered to the Company is less than £24,000, and in any subsequent year of supply during the same triennial period the sum payable by the Company pursuant to this Indenture for water so delivered is more than £24,000, then the amount by which the sum payable by the Company in the earlier year of supply was less than £24,000 shall be carried forward to the credit of the Company and set off against any sum or sums in excess of £24,000 payable by the Company in any such subsequent year of supply. Provided also that in respect of each triennial period the Company shall not be obliged to pay more than £72,000, or the price of the water delivered to it during that period whichever is the greater.\n\t(3)\tIn this clause—\n\"year of supply\" means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st day of May in any year;\n\"triennial period\" means a period of three years commencing on the 1st day of May 1959, or on the corresponding day in any third year thereafter;\n\"quarter\" means the period of three months commencing on the 1st day of May August November and February in any year.\n20.\tMeasurement of water\n\t(1)\tThe Minister of Works shall measure all water delivered to the Company under this Indenture by a suitable meter or meters.\n\t(2)\tThe Minister of Works shall, during each month, give the Company a written notice of the amount of water shown by the meter or meters as having been delivered to the Company during the previous month. The notice shall be conclusive evidence of the amount of water delivered in the month to which it relates unless it is disputed as provided in this clause.\n\t(3)\tThe Company may within one month after receipt of any such notice, give the Minister of Works a written notice that it disputes the correctness of the amount of water shown in the notice given by the Minister of Works, and that it requires the meter or meters to be tested.\n\t(4)\tThe Minister of Works shall on the receipt of such notice, test the meter or meters by passing through it or them, into a receptacle of known capacity, sufficient water to fill that receptacle or any part thereof of known capacity. The Company shall if so required by the Minister of Works permit him to use without payment, for the purpose of a test under this subclause, any dam or reservoir of the Company which is suitable for that purpose, and can conveniently be so used.\n\t(5)\tIf on such test it appears that any meter is not measuring correctly the water actually delivered, the amount of water shown in the disputed notice and in any subsequent notice given by the Minister of Works prior to the test shall be altered by the Minister of Works so as to show the true amount of water delivered, and the liability of the Company shall be adjusted accordingly. Thereafter, if the meter is not corrected or replaced, due allowance for the error shall be made in each monthly notice showing the amount of water delivered to the Company.\n\t(6)\tThe Company may, at its own expense, install a meter or meters at any convenient point in the pipe from which water is delivered to the Company. The readings of any such meter shall be for the information of the Company, but shall not be binding on the Minister of Works unless he agrees to accept them, with or without adjustments, as correct.\n\t(7)\tThe Minister of Works may, without any request from the Company, at any time test any meter installed by him for the purpose of measuring the water delivered to the Company, and the Company shall if so required by the Minister of Works permit the Minister of Works to use for the purpose of the test any dam or reservoir of the Company which is suitable for that purpose and can conveniently be so used.\n21.\tElectricity\nThe State will facilitate the making of a just agreement between the Company and the Electricity Trust of South Australia providing for the following matters:\n\t(a)\tThe erection of a high-tension electricity transmission line from the Trust's power stations at Port Augusta to Whyalla;\n\t(b)\tThe taking over from the Company by the Trust in accordance with such arrangements as are agreed between the Company and the Trust of the assets of the Company used for the reticulation of electricity at Whyalla;\n\t(c)\tThe supply to the Trust at the request of the Trust of electricity generated by the Company and the supply by the Trust to the Company at the request of the Company of the electricity required by the Company; and\n\t(d)\tSecuring to the Company the right to generate electricity for its own requirements or for supply to any subsidiary or associated company and to charge for any such supply.\n22.\tHousing\n\t(1)\tThe Company will from time to time during the construction of steel works or of any extensions of the Company's undertaking at Whyalla inform the State of the number of houses which in the Company's opinion will be required for employees (other than the senior staff) of the Company and of any subsidiary or associated company at Whyalla.\n\t(2)\tThe State will build or procure the building of the number of houses required for such employees, and give such employees the opportunity to purchase or become tenants of such houses on reasonable terms and conditions; Provided however that the State will not be obliged to build or procure the building of more than 400 houses in any one year.\n\t(3)\tThe State will arrange consultations between the Company and the South Australian Housing Trust for the purpose of securing the provision of houses under this clause.\n23.\tLabour\nThe State will, so far as its powers and administrative arrangements permit, assist the Company to obtain adequate and suitable labour as required for the construction and operation of steel works.\n24.\tUse of sea water\nThe Company or any subsidiary or associated company may without payment—\n\t(a)\tdraw from the sea in the vicinity of Whyalla all sea water which is required for its operations at Whyalla; and\n\t(b)\tconstruct on any land which such company has the right to use or occupy or on the sea bed, any works which it requires for the purpose of obtaining, pumping and delivering such water.\n25.\tUse and reclamation of foreshore and sea bed\n\t(1)\tThe Company shall have the right to use and occupy the foreshore and sea bed within the area described in subclause (3) of this clause and to deposit substances thereon so as to reclaim the foreshore, sea bed, or any part thereof from the sea.\n\t(2)\tOn the application of the Company, the State will without payment grant or cause to be granted to the Company the fee simple of any land which, whether as a result of reclamation or otherwise, is above high water mark and is within the area described in subclause (3) of this clause.\n\t(3)\tThe area referred to in this clause is the land shown on the plan set out in the Appendix C hereto being the land bounded as follows:\nCommencing at the south-eastern corner of section 27, Hundred of Cultana; thence generally north-easterly along high water mark to its intersection with a straight line drawn from the northernmost corner of section 2 of the said Hundred at a southern angle of 135 degrees with the north-western boundary of said section 2; thence south-easterly along the production of latter line to low water mark; generally south-westerly along said low water mark to its intersection with the north-eastern boundary of the land contained in perpetual licence No. 319A, Register Book Volume 1013 Folio 20; thence southerly by a straight line to the north-eastern corner of the land contained in perpetual licence No. 319, Register Book Volume 512 Folio 105; north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of latter licence to high water mark aforesaid; thence generally northerly along said high water mark to the point of commencement, together with the coast reserves adjoining part section 19, Hundred of Randell, and section 2, Hundred of Cultana.\n26.\tWorks area to remain outside town\nThe following areas, namely:\n\t(a)\tthe land comprised in Certificates of Title Register Book Volume 1804 Folio 179, Volume 2035 Folio 189, Volume 1093 Folio 115, and Volume 2035 Folio 190;\n\t(b)\tthe land comprised in perpetual lease 12974, Register Book Volume 916 Folio 16;\n\t(c)\tany land north or east of the Company's tramway which the Company or any subsidiary or associated company acquires for use or uses as the site of any works; and\n\t(d)\tany land in the Middleback Range area the freehold of which the Company or any subsidiary or associated company acquires for use as the site of any works and which at the time of acquisition is outside the area of any municipality or district council district\nshall be outside the area of the Whyalla Town Commission and shall not be constituted as or included in a municipality or district council district as defined in the Local Government Act 1934–1954 or any re-enactment or amendment thereof and shall not be declared or included in any water district under the Waterworks Act 1932–1936 or any re-enactment or amendment thereof. Provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent the Company or any subsidiary or associated company from being liable to pay for water supplied by measure: Provided further that if any of the said land is disposed of by the Company or by the subsidiary or associated company and used for residential purposes this clause shall cease to apply to the land so disposed of and used.\n27.\tConstruction of bridges and crossings\n\t(1)\tThe Company may construct bridges, level crossings, tunnels or cuttings by which the Whyalla to Iron Knob tramway may cross the Port Augusta-Whyalla road at a place or places in the vicinity of the Company's works or for other purposes in connection with the operation of steel works or the operations of any subsidiary or associated companies.\n\t(2)\tThe places and nature of such bridges, crossings, tunnels or cuttings and the details of construction thereof shall be approved by the Commissioner of Highways which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.\n28.\tRailway to Whyalla\nIf it is decided that the Commonwealth of Australia or any instrumentality thereof or the State should construct a railway line connecting Whyalla with either the South Australian or the Commonwealth railway systems the State will—\n\t(a)\tuse its best endeavours to facilitate such construction and will grant all necessary rights and powers for that purpose; and\n\t(b)\tconsult with the Company or arrange consultations between the Commonwealth and the Company as to the route of any such railway in the neighbourhood of the Company's land at Whyalla and as to the location of the terminal of any such railway at Whyalla.\n29.\tCharges in respect of wharves and jetties\nNo charges or imposts other than those payable by the Company at the date of the ratification of this Indenture shall be imposed on the Company or on any subsidiary or associated company in respect of the use or occupation of any wharves or jetties constructed by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company at or near Whyalla or on the shipment or carriage of goods to over or from the said wharves and jetties or on the ships engaged in the shipment thereof.\n30.\tPrices\nThe State will not at any time by legislation, regulation, order or administrative action under any legislation of the State as to prices, prevent products produced in South Australia by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company from being sold at prices which will allow the Company or subsidiary or associated company to provide for such reasonable depreciation, reserves and return on the capital employed in the production of those products as are determined by such company.\n31.\tAssignment\n\t(1)\tWith the consent of the State, the Company may assign—\n\t(a)\tany right, power, benefit, or privilege conferred on the Company by this Indenture;\n\t(b)\tany mineral or other lease held by the Company at the date of the ratification of this Indenture or acquired by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.\n\t(2)\tA person to whom any such right, power, benefit, privilege or lease is assigned may, with the consent of the State, further assign it.\n\t(3)\tThe Company may, with the consent of the State, cause any of its obligations or duties under this Indenture to be performed by any other company, but notwithstanding such consent the Company shall remain liable for any failure to perform such obligations or duties.\n\t(4)\tThe State shall have a discretion to grant or refuse its consent to any assignment of rights, powers, benefits, privileges or leases under this clause or to the performance of any of the Company's obligations or duties by another company but shall not unreasonably withhold such consent.\n32.\tSubsidiary and associated companies\nThe Company will, whenever requested by the State so to do, furnish the State with a list of subsidiary and associated companies as defined in clause 2 of this Indenture showing the interest of the Company in such subsidiary and associated companies and the State may, for the purposes of this Indenture, rely and act upon any list so furnished by the Company.\n33.\tExtension of the Indenture of 1937\n\t(1)\tThe Indenture of 1937 shall by mutual agreement between the parties hereto be read and construed as if—\n\t(a)\tthe expression \"the term of this Indenture\" and the definition thereof contained in paragraph (b) of clause 1 of the Indenture of 1937 were omitted; and\n\t(b)\tthe words \"upon the expiration of the term of this Indenture\" in clause 4 thereof were omitted; and\n\t(c)\tthe words \"during the term of this Indenture\" were omitted from clauses 14, 15 and 16 thereof; and\n\t(d)\tno limitation of time were contained in clause 17 thereof.\n\t(2)\tNo limitation of time shall be implied in clauses 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Indenture of 1937.\n34.\tNotices\n\t(1)\tAny notice consent or application authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made shall be given or made in writing.\n\t(2)\tAny notice consent application or other writing authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made by the State shall be deemed to have been duly given or made if signed by a Minister and forwarded by prepaid post to the registered office of the Company in South Australia or its office at Whyalla.\n\t(3)\tAny notice consent or application or other writing authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made by the Minister of Mines, the Minister of Works, the Commissioner of Highways, the South Australian Housing Trust or the Electricity Trust of South Australia shall be deemed to have been duly given or made if signed by such Minister or Commissioner, or by the Chairman of the South Australian Housing Trust or of the Electricity Trust of South Australia, as the case may be, and forwarded by prepaid post to the registered office of the Company in South Australia or its office at Whyalla.\n\t(4)\tAny notice consent application or other writing authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made by the Company shall be deemed to have been duly given or made if signed on behalf of the Company by the Managing Director General Manager Secretary or Attorney of the Company and forwarded by prepaid post—\n\t(a)\tin the case of any notice consent application or other writing concerning the prospecting or mineral rights of the Company under this Indenture to the Minister of Mines of the State;\n\t(b)\tin the case of any notice consent application or other writing concerning the supply of water under this Indenture to the Minister of Works;\n\t(c)\tin the case of any notice consent application or other writing under this Indenture not otherwise provided for in this Indenture or in this clause to the Treasurer of the State.\n\t(5)\tAny notice consent application or other writing forwarded by prepaid post as provided for in this clause shall be deemed to have been duly given on the day on which it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.\n35.\tPreservation of rights\n\t(1)\tSubject to the due observance by the Company of its obligations under this Indenture the State shall at all times take all necessary steps to secure to the Company and to each subsidiary and associated company the rights powers and privileges provided for in this Indenture or the Indenture of 1937 and to prevent them from being impaired disturbed or prejudicially affected in any way whatsoever. Provided that no tax payable by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company or in respect of the property of any such company under any public general Act of the Parliament of the State at rates not exceeding those applicable generally throughout the State shall be deemed to impair disturb or prejudicially affect any right of the Company or of the subsidiary or associated company.\n\t(2)\tNo person other than the Company or a subsidiary or associated company shall acquire any right under the Mining laws of the State over any land occupied by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company for the operations of such company, save with the consent of such company.\n36.\tLabour at Whyalla\n\t(1)\tThis Indenture is made on the assumption that subject to the provision of adequate housing at Whyalla sufficient labour will be obtainable by the Company under conditions prescribed by the relevant industrial orders or awards to enable the Company both to carry on effectively the activities which it carries on at Whyalla at the time of the execution of this Indenture and to construct and operate steel works.\n\t(2)\tWithout in any way altering the effect of the foregoing provisions of this Indenture if at any time sufficient labour is not available for the purpose and under the conditions mentioned in subclause (1) of this clause the State will, at the request of the Company confer with the Company as to the obligations of the parties under this Indenture with a view to agreeing upon such variations thereof as are necessary or appropriate under the circumstances.\nIN WITNESS whereof this Indenture has been executed by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of the State and by the Company.\n\nHis Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia caused the public seal of the State to be hereto affixed, and signed this Indenture on the fourth day of September, 1958, in the presence of:\nM.A.F. PEARCE\n}\nJ.M. NAPIER\nLieutenant-Governor\nPublic Seal of the State.\nTHE COMMON SEAL OF THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED was hereunto affixed on the twenty-second day of August, 1958, in the presence of:\n{\nC.Y. SYME\nE. LEWIS\nR.G. NEWTON\nGeneral Manager\nCommercial.\nSeal of Company.\nAPPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE\n\nAPPENDIX B TO THE INDENTURE\nCrown Lease\n(Mineral No. )\nHIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR in and over the State of South Australia in the Commonwealth of Australia in conformity with and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Mining Act 1930–1955 and the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958 (hereinafter referred to as \"the Indenture Act \") and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf doth hereby lease to THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED of Melbourne in the State of Victoria (hereinafter referred to as \"the lessee\" which expression shall include its successors and assigns) all that piece of land containing                                acres or thereabouts and situate and being                                          in the said State as the same is delineated in the public maps deposited in the office of the Department of Mines in the City of Adelaide and in the plan in the margin hereof and therein coloured                                together with all ways waters water courses privileges and appurtenances to the same now belonging or therewith occupied or enjoyed.\nIncluding in such lease during its continuance the following rights and liberties for the lessee and the lessee's agents servants and workmen in and upon the said land:\n\t(1)\tTo search work mine for win obtain and treat for the lessee's own use and benefit all metals and minerals except gold in or upon the said land; and\n\t(2)\tFor or incidental to the purposes aforesaid in or upon the said land:\n\t(a)\tTo cut and construct races drains dams reservoirs roads and tramways; and\n\t(b)\tTo erect offices buildings works and machinery; and\n\t(c)\tTo erect dwellings for use by the lessee and the lessee's agents servants and workmen for the purpose of residence,\nand all other necessary or convenient powers authorities privileges and advantages for all or any of the purposes aforesaid\nsubject to the provisions of the Mining Acts 1930–1955 and regulations made thereunder and of the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920–1957 and all regulations made thereunder save insofar as any such provisions are modified or affected by the Indenture Act and subject to such rights interests and authorities as may be lawfully subsisting in the said land at the date of this lease: Except and always Reserved out of this lease all gold and other substances not being metals or minerals in or upon the said land and all persons authorized by the said Acts and regulations shall have full and free liberty of access ingress egress and regress with or without horses cattle carts drays carriages motor cars engines and machinery and all other necessary implements and things into upon and from the said land or any part or parts thereof for all reasonable purposes and to search work mine for win and obtain gold and other substances not being metals or minerals in or upon the said land and for or incidental to those purposes the rights and liberties mentioned in the preceding paragraph (2): And also Excepting and Reserving to all pastoral lessees (if any) of the said land a right of access and user for domestic purposes and for the purposes of watering stock to and of any surface water on the said land which shall not have been provided or stored by artificial means by the lessee.\nTo hold the said land with the appurtenances (except and reserved and subject as aforesaid) unto the lessee from the                      day of                                                    19            for and during the term of fifty (50) years from thence next ensuing for the purpose of mining therein and thereon for all Metals and minerals except gold together with the rights and liberties hereinbefore granted but for no other purpose and with the right to the lessee to the renewal from time to time for periods of 21 years on the same terms and conditions as those contained in this lease including this right of renewal.\nYielding and paying therefor unto the Governor the following rent and other sums:\n\t(1)\tA rent of £                      payable yearly and every year in advance on the first day of in each year during the said term and any renewal thereof.\n\t(2)\tA further sum amounting to—\n\t(i)\teach ton of high grade iron ore fed directly to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia without beneficiation; and\n\t(ii)\teach ton of the dry weight of beneficiated iron bearing substances or iron concentrates fed to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia;\n\t(b)\tsixpence a ton of the dry weight of all jaspilite and of all other iron bearing substances of similar grade which without beneficiation are fed directly to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia.\nThe sums payable under this paragraph (2) are related to a basis selling price by the lessee of foundry pig iron of £21 7s. 6d. per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide. If such basis selling price on the thirtieth day of June in any year exceeds or is less than £21 7s. 6d. per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide the payments under this paragraph (2) shall be increased or decreased as the case may be by one penny per ton on high grade iron ore and by one third of one penny per ton on jaspilite and other iron bearing substances of similar grade for each complete one pound of the increase or decrease of such basis selling price above or below £21 7s. 6d. In the event of the lessee ceasing at any time to sell foundry pig iron at a price calculated with reference to the price per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide nevertheless there shall be calculated by the lessee a notional basis selling price per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide as if the lessee were selling foundry pig iron c.i.f. Port Adelaide and this shall be the basis selling price for the purposes of this paragraph (2).\nFor the purpose of computing the tonnage upon which such further sums are payable the weighbridge and weightometer records of the lessee with any adjustments necessary to compensate for known errors in weighing shall be prima facie evidence of the matters contained therein.\nFor the purpose of determining the moisture content of any beneficiated iron bearing substances or iron concentrates on the dry weight of which such further sums or part thereof are payable the returns furnished by the lessee shall be prima facie evidence of the matters contained therein.\n\t(3)\tA further sum amounting to two and one half per centum of the gross amounts realised from the sale of all metals and minerals other than iron ore or iron bearing substances which shall be obtained from the said land, or such other sum as may be agreed upon between the Minister of Mines (hereinafter referred to as \"the Minister'') and the lessee.\nThe further sums mentioned above in paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be paid within two months after the end of each half year ending on the 31st day of May or the 30th day of November as the case may be.\nAnd the lessee doth hereby covenant with the Governor in manner following that is to say:\n\t1.\tThat the lessee will during the said term pay or cause to be paid to the Minister at the office of the Department of Mines in the City of Adelaide on behalf of the Governor the rent and further sums hereby reserved at the times and in the manner hereinbefore appointed for payment thereof free and clear of all rates, taxes impositions outgoings and deductions whatsoever:\n\t2.\tThat the lessee will pay and discharge all rates taxes assessments impositions and outgoings which during the said term shall become payable in respect of the said land:\n\t3.\tThat the lessee will maintain in position during the said term the posts and trenches or piles of stone required by the said regulations to be erected or cut on the said land when the same was pegged out as a claim and in addition thereto will paint legibly on such posts the number of this lease:\n\t4.\tThat the lessee will during the said term make construct and work all mines and do and perform all things authorized by this lease in a fair orderly skilful and workmanlike manner:\n\t5.\tThat the lessee will during the said term employ and keep constantly employed not less than one man for every 10 acres in mining or prospecting for all metals and minerals except gold in or upon the said land and will whenever thereunto required by the Minister furnish him with satisfactory evidence that such number of men have been and are so employed due allowance being made by the Minister for machinery or horses employed at the rate of two men for each horse or horsepower of machinery and provided that if the number of men horsepower and horses employed by the lessee on any one or more of the mineral leases held by the lessee is not less than the total number of men horsepower and horses required to be employed by the lessee on all the mineral leases held by the lessee the lessee shall be deemed to have complied with this covenant:\n\t6.\tThat the lessee will make such provision for the disposal of the silt sludge dirt waste or refuse which may be brought out of the said mines and premises so that the same will not flow or find its way into any stream brook river or water channel or so as to injure or interfere with any land set apart for water supply purposes:\n\t7.\tThat the lessee will build and keep in proper repair a sufficient and substantial stone wall or other fence around all the pits and shafts which may at any time during the said term be open in any part of the said land for the purpose of this lease so as effectually to prevent all access thereto by all kinds of stock:\n\t8.\tThat the lessee will whenever lawfully required so to do at the lessee's own cost and in manner required by any regulations for the time being in force in that behalf cause to be made a survey of the said land and cause to be forwarded to the said Department of Mines a map or plan of such survey:\n\t9.\tThat the lessee will at all times during the said term keep and preserve the said mines in good order repair and condition and in such good order repair and condition at the end or other sooner determination of the said term deliver peaceable possession thereof and of the land hereby leased unto the Governor or the Minister or to some officer authorized by him or them to receive possession thereof:\n\t10.\tThat the lessee will permit the pastoral lessee (if any) of the said land at all times to have free access and user for domestic purposes and for the purposes of watering stock to and of any surface water on the said land which shall not have been provided or stored by artificial means by the lessee:\n\t11.\tThat the lessee will report to a warden when gold precious stones coal shale oil salt gypsum or other minerals other than iron ore or iron bearing substances are found in payable quantities in or upon the said land:\n\t12.\tThat the lessee will not during the continuance of the said term without the written consent of the Minister first had and obtained use or occupy or permit to be used or occupied the said land except for the purpose of exercising the rights and liberties hereinbefore granted:\n\t13.\tThat the lessee will not prevent any person who holds a right privilege or authority under the said Acts and regulations or any amendment thereof from exercising the same:\nProvided always and it is hereby agreed and declared in manner following:\n\t14.\tThat it shall be lawful for the Governor or the Minister or any person authorized by him or them at all proper and reasonable times during the said term without any interruption from the lessee or the lessee's agents servants or workmen to enter into and upon the said land and into and upon any mines or works that may be found therein to view and examine the condition thereof and whether the same be worked in a proper skilful and workmanlike manner and for such purpose to make use of any of the railroads or other roads or ways machinery and works belonging to the said mines and to examine and take extracts from all books accounts vouchers and documents relating thereto:\n\t15.\tThat if the said rent be not paid on or before the day hereinbefore appointed for payment thereof a penalty of five pounds per centum shall be added to the said rent and if the said rent and penalty be not paid within one calendar month after the said day a further penalty of ten pounds per centum shall be added and if the said rent and penalties be not paid within one calendar month after the said first month the same shall be recoverable by the Minister by action in any court of competent jurisdiction:\n\t16.\tThat if the lessee shall during the said term commit any breach of or shall fail to comply with any covenant condition or proviso herein contained this lease shall be liable to forfeiture in manner hereinafter provided:\n\t17.\tThat if the Minister has reason to believe that there has been a breach of or non-compliance with any of the covenants conditions or provisos herein contained the Minister shall give written notice to the lessee specifying the covenants conditions or provisos which he has reason to believe are not being complied with and notifying the lessee that this lease will be liable to forfeiture at the expiration of one month from the date of such notice unless in the meantime such covenants conditions or provisos are duly complied with and if at the expiration of such notice such covenants conditions or provisos are still not being complied with by the lessee the Governor may cancel this lease notwithstanding that the rent payable under this lease for the period during which such breach is committed may have been paid and notwithstanding any implied waiver of such breach by the Governor and the Minister shall thereupon insert a notice in the Government Gazette declaring this lease to be forfeited:\n\t18.\tThat a notice of forfeiture so published in the Government Gazette shall be taken to be conclusive evidence that this lease has been legally cancelled and forfeited:\n\t19.\tThat in case this lease shall become liable to forfeiture the Minister may extend the period during which the lessee may perform the covenants conditions and provisos of this lease for such time and subject during such period of extension to such terms and conditions as the Minister may think fit:\n\t20.\tThat the lessee shall be at liberty to surrender this lease by giving to the Minister three calendar months' notice in writing of the lessee's desire or intention so to do and upon payment of all arrears of rent up to the date of surrender:\n\t21.\tAnd lastly that the lessee shall be at liberty to remove from the said land at any time within—\n\t(a)\tthree months after the date of forfeiture or surrender of this lease any improvements plant machinery engines or tools;\n\t(b)\tsix months after the date of forfeiture or surrender of this lease any metals and minerals except gold won by the lessee stacked upon the said land but shall not remove or interfere with any timber in any mine upon the said land.\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF this lease has been executed by His Excellency the Governor of the State and by the Company.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor of South Australia caused the public seal of the State to be hereto affixed on the            day of                      19      .\n}\nGovernor\nTHE COMMON SEAL OF THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED was hereunto affixed on the                                day of                                19            in the presence of:\n}\nSecretary.\nAPPENDIX C TO THE INDENTURE\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"The 2000 Deed of Amendment","content":"Schedule 2—The 2000 Deed of Amendment\nDEED OF AMENDMENT\nTHIS DEED is made 30 March 2000 between:\n\t1\tJOHN WAYNE OLSEN in his capacity as Premier, for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of South Australia (the \"State\"); and\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED ACN 004 028 077, of 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria (\"BHP\").","content":"\t2\tTHE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED ACN 004 028 077, of 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria (\"BHP\").\n\tA\tThe State and BHP are parties to an Indenture dated 4 October 1937 which Indenture is set out (in consolidated form) in Appendix 1 to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937 (the \"1937 Indenture\") and to an Indenture dated 4 September 1958 which Indenture is set out in the Schedule to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958 (the \"1958 Indenture\").\n\tB\tBy this Deed of Amendment the parties have agreed to amend each of the 1937 Indenture and the 1958 Indenture to allow BHP to assign its rights and be released of its obligations under the 1937 Indenture and the 1958 Indenture.\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AMENDMENT OF 1937 INDENTURE","content":"1\tAMENDMENT OF 1937 INDENTURE\nThe 1937 Indenture is amended by:\n\t(a)\tinserting the following clauses after clause 17 of the 1937 Indenture:\n\"18\tTransfer of rights and obligations\n\t(a)\tThe Company may, with the consent of the State, transfer its rights and obligations under this Indenture and under one or more mineral or other leases or other proprietary rights referred to in, or granted pursuant to, this Indenture (the \"Leases\") to a person or body corporate (the \"Assignee\") by the Company, the State and the Assignee executing a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of the deed set out in Schedule C to this Indenture. If such a deed of assignment and assumption is executed by the Company, the State and the Assignee, the Company and the State will, in accordance with the provisions of the deed of assignment and assumption, be released from their obligations and liabilities to each other under this Indenture and the Leases.\n\t(b)\tThe State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, if the proposed Assignee is:\n\t(ii)\ta company which is within a group of companies to which the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla have been, or are to be, transferred as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works.\n\t(c)\tIn all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, provided that the State is satisfied:\n\t(ii)\twith such proposed Assignee's plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla.\n\t(d)\tIf, pursuant to paragraph 18(a), The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited transfers its obligations under this Indenture and any Leases to a company which is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, then, if the company fails to perform such obligations whilst it is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, and notwithstanding anything in paragraph 18(a) or in the relevant deed of assignment and assumption, The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited will be liable for such failure as if the transfer had not occurred.\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Change of control","content":"19\tChange of control\n\t(a)\tAny proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any direct or indirect Assignee of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited which is a body corporate), or more than 50 percent of the voting shares of a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee), will require the consent of the State.\n\t(b)\tThe State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee) if:\n\t(i)\tthe ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is to remain the same; or\n\t(ii)\tthe Company (or relevant Assignee) will remain, or become, a company which is within a group of companies which holds the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works.\n\t(c)\tIn all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee), provided that the State is satisfied:\n\t(i)\tthat any proposed new ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is responsible and solvent; and\n\t(ii)\twith the Company's (or relevant Assignee's) plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla.\n\t(d)\tParagraph 19(a) will not apply if the voting shares of the Company (or relevant Assignee) are listed on a stock exchange, or to any proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control voting shares in a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee) where the voting shares of such parent company are listed on a stock exchange, but paragraph 19(a) will apply to any proposed listing of the Company or any such parent company as if, but irrespective of whether, the proposed listing involves a change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the relevant voting shares.\"; and\n\t(b)\tby inserting the form of deed of assignment and assumption set out in Annexure 2 to this Deed of Amendment as Schedule C to the 1937 Indenture.\n2\tAFFIRMATION OF REMAINING TERMS OF 1937 INDENTURE\nExcept for the variations provided for in clause 1 of this Deed of Amendment, the 1937 Indenture is in all respects affirmed.\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"AMENDMENT OF 1958 INDENTURE","content":"3\tAMENDMENT OF 1958 INDENTURE\nThe 1958 Indenture is amended by:\n\t(a)\tinserting the following clause after clause 26 of the 1958 Indenture:\n\"26A\tDisposal of certain land\n\t(1)\tThe Company has agreed with the State:\n\t(a)\tto dispose of such of the land comprised in Certificates of Title Register Book Volumes 5280 Folio 990, 5184 Folio 639, 4215 Folio 661 and 5523 Folio 190 which is shown on the plan set out in Appendix D to this Indenture and which is owned by the Company (being approximately 3,600 hectares of the area described in paragraph 26(a)) (the \"Subject Area\"), in accordance with the provisions of this clause; and\n\t(b)\tsave for the continuation and renewal of existing tenancies, sub-leases, licences and similar, not to allow third parties to use the remainder of the area described in paragraph 26(a), or any part of it, for any purposes which are not steelmaking, or related to or ancillary to or in support of steelmaking, without the consent of either one of the State or the City of Whyalla.\n\t(2)\tThe Company and the State have identified that portions of the Subject Area (as approximately depicted on the plan set out in Appendix D to this Indenture) may be suited to the following uses:\n\t(a)\tthe portion marked A, to extend the Whyalla Conservation Park;\n\t(b)\tthe portion marked B, to extend the width of the adjoining road reserves;\n\t(c)\tthe portion marked C, as a site for the development of an industrial park;\n\t(d)\tthe portion marked D, to continue as the site for the existing golf course;\n\t(e)\tthe portion marked E, as a site for the development of a recreation and leisure park; and\n\t(f)\tthe portion marked F, for such use as the City of Whyalla chooses.\n\t(3)\tDuring the period from when this clause takes effect until 31 December 2000, the Company will use its reasonable endeavours to negotiate with appropriate potential transferees for the transfer of the above portions of the Subject Area (or of portions approximating such portions) on terms and conditions consistent with the provisions of this clause and otherwise acceptable to the Company.\n\t(4)\tThe Company and the State have identified the following potential transferees as likely to be appropriate:\n\t(a)\tin relation to the portion marked A, the Minister for Environment and Heritage;\n\t(b)\tin relation to the portion marked B, the Minister for Transport and Urban Planning; and\n\t(c)\tin relation to the portions marked C, D, E and F, the City of Whyalla.\n\t(5)\tThe size and location of the identified portions of the Subject Area, the potential uses for such portions and the potential appropriate transferees of such portions may be altered by the Company in consultation with the State.\n\t(6)\tAny transfer or vesting of land pursuant to this clause will be:\n\t(a)\tfor no monetary consideration, except that the Company may require the transferee to be responsible for all or some of any applicable costs of subdivision or transfer including registration fees and stamp duty; and\n\t(b)\tmade subject to all third party rights of access, occupation and use which are in existence, or otherwise required to access occupied or used portions of the land, as at the time of such transfer or vesting.\n\t(7)\tAny land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause (other than the portion of the Subject Area marked F) will, for so long as the steel works continue to operate, carry with it the following restrictive covenants (which covenants will run with the land):\n\t(a)\tsubject to any agreement between the Company and an owner, occupier or user of the land from time to time, the land must not be used for residential purposes, or for any other use that (in the Company's opinion, acting reasonably) adversely affects or compromises the operation of the steel works (including the steel works, or its operation, as it is changed from time to time, provided that no change to the steel works or its operation shall prevent the continuation of any then existing use which did not adversely affect the operation of the steel works when the use commenced); and\n\t(b)\tsubject to any agreement between the Company and an owner, occupier or user of the land from time to time, the land must not be used in any way which:\n\t(i)\tchanges or interferes with any infrastructure which is presently on, under or above such land and which is owned or operated by the Company in connection with the steel works; or\n\t(ii)\tcompromises the availability of, or the Company's access to, sufficient quantities of gas, electricity and water for use in connection with the steel works (including the steel works, or its operation, as it is changed from time to time, provided that no change to the steel works or its operation shall prevent the continuation of any then existing use which did not adversely affect the steel works in this manner when the use commenced).\n\t(8)\tIf, as at 31 December 2000, the Company has not disposed of, or entered into agreements to dispose of, all of the Subject Area, substantially in the manner contemplated by this clause (or as otherwise agreed by the State) then, effective from 1 January 2001, legal and beneficial title to all such portions of the Subject Area not so disposed of will immediately, and without further action, vest in the State. Any costs or fees (including costs of subdivision, registration fees and stamp duty) which are incurred consequent upon such vesting will be borne by the State.\n\t(9)\tClause 26 will cease to apply to any land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause, as and from the date of transfer or vesting.\n\t(10)\t—\n\t(a)\tThis sub-clause (10) applies to infrastructure that is presently owned or operated by the Company in connection with the steel works and is situated on, under or above land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause.\n\t(b)\tSubject to any agreement in writing to the contrary, any infrastructure to which this clause applies and which is owned by the Company will continue to be owned by the Company after the land is transferred or vested, notwithstanding any affixation or annexation to the land.\n\t(c)\tThe Company will have an easement over land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause which entitles the Company to:\n\t(i)\toperate, examine, maintain, repair, modify or replace the relevant infrastructure;\n\t(ii)\tenter the land, by its agents or employees, at any reasonable time, for any of the above purposes; and\n\t(iii)\tbring on to the land any vehicles or equipment that may be reasonably necessary for any of the above purposes.\n\t(d)\tThe powers conferred by the easement under this sub-clause (10) must be exercised so as to minimise, as far as reasonably practicable, interference with the enjoyment of the land by persons lawfully occupying the land.\n\t(e)\tIf the Company has an easement over land relating to any relevant infrastructure otherwise than by virtue of this sub-clause (10), the application of the easement under this sub-clause (10) to the land is excluded to the extent necessary to avoid the same part of the land being subject to both easements.\n\t(f)\tThe Company may, by instrument in writing, limit rights or impose conditions on the exercise of rights arising under the easement under this sub-clause (10) (and such an instrument has effect according to its terms).\n\t(g)\tAn easement under this sub-clause (10) may, but need not, be registered.\"\n\t(b)\tinserting the following sub-clauses after such clause 31(4) of the 1958 Indenture:\n\"31(5)\tTransfer of rights and obligations\n\t(a)\tNotwithstanding clauses 31(1) to (4) above, the Company may, with the consent of the State, transfer its rights and obligations under this Indenture and under one or more mineral or other leases or other proprietary rights referred to in, or granted pursuant to, this Indenture (the \"Leases\") to a person or body corporate (the \"Assignee\") by the Company, the State and the Assignee executing a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of the deed set out in Appendix E to this Indenture. If such a deed of assignment and assumption is executed by the Company, the State and the Assignee, the Company and the State will, in accordance with the provisions of the deed of assignment and assumption, be released from its obligations and liabilities to each other under this Indenture and the Leases.\n\t(b)\tThe State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, if the proposed Assignee is:\n\t(ii)\ta company which is within a group of companies to which the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla have been, or are to be, transferred as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works.\n\t(c)\tIn all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, provided that the State is satisfied:\n\t(ii)\twith such proposed Assignee's plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla.\n\t(d)\tIf, pursuant to paragraph 31(5)(a), The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited transfers its obligations under this Indenture and any Leases to a company which is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, then, if the company fails to perform such obligations whilst it is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, and notwithstanding anything in paragraph 31(5)(a) or in the relevant deed of assignment and assumption, The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited will be liable for such failure as if the transfer had not occurred.\n31(6)\t\n\t(a)\tAny proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any direct or indirect Assignee of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited which is a body corporate), or more than 50 percent of the voting shares of a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee), will require the consent of the State.\n\t(b)\tThe State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee) if:\n\t(i)\tthe ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is to remain the same; or\n\t(ii)\tthe Company (or relevant Assignee) will remain, or become, a company which is within a group of companies which holds the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works.\n\t(c)\tIn all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee), provided that the State is satisfied:\n\t(i)\tthat any proposed new ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is responsible and solvent; and\n\t(ii)\twith the Company's (or relevant Assignee's) plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla.\n\t(d)\tParagraph 31(6)(a) will not apply if the voting shares of the Company (or relevant Assignee) are listed on a stock exchange, or to any proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control voting shares in a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee) where the voting shares of such parent company are listed on a stock exchange, but paragraph 31(6)(a) will apply to any proposed listing of the Company or any such parent company as if, but irrespective of whether, the proposed listing involves a change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the relevant voting shares\"; and\n\t(c)\tby inserting the plan set out in Annexure 1 to this Deed as Appendix D to the 1958 Indenture; and\n\t(d)\tby inserting the form of deed of assignment and assumption set out in Annexure 2 to this Deed of Amendment as Appendix E to the 1958 Indenture.\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"AFFIRMATION OF REMAINING TERMS OF 1958 INDENTURE","content":"4\tAFFIRMATION OF REMAINING TERMS OF 1958 INDENTURE\nExcept for the variations provided for in clause 3 of this Deed of Amendment, the 1958 Indenture is in all respects affirmed.\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"RATIFICATION OF THIS DEED","content":"5\tRATIFICATION OF THIS DEED\n\t5.1\tThe Government of the State will, as early as practicable after execution of this Deed, introduce a Bill into the Parliament of the State for ratification and approval of this Deed of Amendment and to secure to BHP (and its successors and assigns) the rights provided for in this Deed and enable this Deed to be fully carried into operation.\n\t5.2\tThe provisions of this Deed, other than this clause 5, will not come into operation unless and until the Bill referred to in clause 5.1 has been passed by the Parliament of the State of South Australia and the Act founded on such Bill comes into operation.\n\t5.3\tBHP agrees that clause 1(3) of the 1958 Indenture will not apply to any Act passed by the Parliament of the State of South Australia the sole effect of which is to ratify and approve (or otherwise support the terms of) this Deed of Amendment, except that such Act may also provide for the repeal of section 7 of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958 in accordance with the following principles:\n\t(a)\tthe repeal of such section takes effect from the date on which a transfer of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited's rights and obligations under the 1937 Indenture and the 1958 Indenture (and certain leases) to an Assignee pursuant to new clause 18 of the 1937 Indenture and new clause 31(5) of the 1958 Indenture takes effect, unless the relevant Assignee is a related body corporate of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, in which case the repeal of such section takes effect on the date on which the Assignee ceases to be a related body corporate of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (\"Repeal Date\");\n\t(b)\tsection 16 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915 applies to provide that such repeal does not affect the operation of the repealed enactment, or alter the doing, suffering or omission of anything, prior to the repeal or affect any right or privilege, or any status existing, prior to the repeal;\n\t(c)\tnotwithstanding any other Act or law, an Assignee (as defined in new clause 18 of the 1937 Indenture and in new clause 31(5) of the 1958 Indenture (and including any assignee from an Assignee)) shall not be liable for the doing, suffering or omission of anything by The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited or its subsidiaries (including any Assignee, whilst a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited) prior to the Repeal Date, where the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited and its subsidiaries (including any Assignee, whilst a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited) are not so liable by reason of the prior application of the repealed section; and\n\t(d)\tan environmental authorisation under section 37 of the Environment Protection Act 1993, which exempts the Company from the application of a specified provision of the Environment Protection Act 1993 in respect of specified activities at its operations in or around Whyalla, may be granted or renewed so that it remains in force for more than two years under Regulation 5(b) of the Environment Protection (General) Regulations 1994 without the need for compliance with Regulation 5(b)(ii).\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","content":"6\tMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS\n\t6.1\tLaw\nThe governing law of this Deed of Amendment is the law of the State of South Australia, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of South Australia and to the courts which hear appeals from those courts.\n\t6.2\tCosts\nEach party will bear its own legal costs of preparation and review of this Deed of Amendment. BHP will pay all stamp duty levied on this Deed of Amendment.\n\t6.3\tCounterparts\nThis Deed of Amendment may be executed in counterparts, which when taken together are one instrument.\nEXECUTION\n\nSIGNED SEALED and DELIVERED for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of South Australia by JOHN WAYNE OLSEN, Premier, in the presence of:\n}\n(J W Olsen)\nPremier\n(Peter Lockett)\n\nWitness\n\nPETER LOCKETT\n\nSIGNED SEALED and DELIVERED by THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED by its attorney and in the presence of:\n}\n(P Laity)\nAttorney\nPhilip M Laity\n(D J Goodwin)\n\nWitness\n\nDAVID GOODWIN\n\nANNEXURE 1\nLAND TO BE DISPOSED\n\nANNEXURE 2\nFORM OF DEED OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION\nDEED OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION\nTHIS DEED is made                                                                                  between:\n\t1\tTHE MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES, the Minister administering the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937 and the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958, a body corporate pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1994, acting for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of South Australia (the \"State\");\n\t2\tTHE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED ACN 004 028 077 of 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria (\"BHP\"); and\n\t3\t[Insert name, ACN and address of Assignee] (the \"Assignee\").\n\tA\tThe State and BHP are parties to an Indenture dated 4 October 1937 which Indenture is set out (in consolidated form) in Appendix 1 to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937 (the \"1937 Indenture\") and to an Indenture dated 4 September 1958 which Indenture is set out in the Schedule to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958 (the \"1958 Indenture\").\n\tB\tBy clause 18 of the 1937 Indenture BHP is permitted to assign its rights under the 1937 Indenture and the Leases by the execution of a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of this Deed.\n\tC\tBy clause 31(5) of the 1958 Indenture BHP is permitted to assign its rights under the 1958 Indenture and the Leases by the execution of a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of this Deed.\n\tD\tBy [Insert details of sale or other agreement between BHP and the Assignee], BHP has agreed to assign with effect from the Effective Date, its right and interest under the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases to the Assignee and the Assignee has agreed to accept that assignment and to assume BHP's obligations and liabilities under the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases.\n\tE\tThe parties are entering into this Deed to effect the assignment and assumption referred to in Recital D.\n1.\tASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION\n1.1\tEffective Date\nThe Effective Date is [Insert date] or such other date on or after the date of this Deed as is agreed in writing by BHP and the Assignee, and notified to the State.\n1.2\tDeed applies from Effective Date\nAll provisions of this Deed will have effect from and, if necessary, relate back to the Effective Date, so as to have full force and effect on and from that date.\n1.3\tAssignment and Assumption\nFrom the Effective Date:\n\t(a)\tBHP assigns to the Assignee all of its rights and interests under the Assigned Instruments; and\n\t(b)\tthe Assignee assumes all of BHP's obligations and liabilities under the Assigned Instruments and will be bound by and comply with those provisions of the Assigned Instruments which were, immediately prior to the Effective Date, binding upon BHP.\n2.\tTHE STATE'S COVENANTS\n2.1\tCovenant\nThe Assignee covenants with the State that it will, from the Effective Date, observe and perform the Assigned Instruments and be bound by all terms of the Assigned Instruments which, but for this Deed, were to be performed by BHP.\n2.2\tConsent of the State\nIn consideration of the promise contained in clause 2.1, the State consents to the assignment to the Assignee of BHP's rights under the Assigned Instruments, with effect from the Effective Date.\n2.3\tRelease of BHP by the State\n\t(a)\tWith effect on and from the Effective Date, the State releases BHP from all its obligations and liabilities under the Assigned Instruments and from all actions, claims or proceedings that it may have against BHP under or in respect of the Assigned Instruments.\n\t(b)\tNothing in clause 2.3(a) relieves BHP of any obligations and liabilities accrued under the Assigned Instruments prior to the Effective Date except to the extent the Assignee discharges such obligations and liabilities.\n2.4\tRelease of State by BHP\n\t(a)\tWith effect on and from the Effective Date, BHP releases the State from all its obligations and liabilities under the Assigned Instruments and from all actions, claims or proceedings that it may have against the State under or in respect of the Assigned Instruments.\n\t(b)\tNothing in clause 2.4(a):\n\t(i)\trelieves the State of any obligations and liabilities accrued under the Assigned Instruments prior to the Effective Date except to the extent such obligations and liabilities are discharged in favour of the Assignee; or\n\t(ii)\tshall be taken to constitute a release by the Assignee of any obligations and liabilities of the State.\n3.\tMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS\n3.1\tLaw and Jurisdiction\nThe governing law of this Deed is the law of the State of South Australia, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of South Australia and to the courts which hear appeals from those courts.\n3.2\tCosts\nEach party will bear its own legal costs of preparation and review of this Deed. The Assignee will pay all stamp duty levied on this Deed.\n3.3\tCounterparts\nThis Deed may be executed in counterparts, which when taken together are one instrument.\n3.4\tInterpretation\nIn this Deed:\n\t(a)\t\"Assigned Instruments\" means the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases.\n\t(b)\t\"Leases\" means all mineral and other leases and other proprietary rights held by BHP which are referred to in, or granted pursuant to, the 1937 Indenture or the 1958 Indenture.\n\t(c)\tA reference to the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases is a reference to those instruments and proprietary rights as they have been, or are, amended from time to time.\n[Insert Execution clauses]\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Environmental authorisation under Part 6 of the Environment Protection Act 1993","content":"Schedule 3—Environmental authorisation under Part 6 of the Environment Protection Act 1993\nLICENCE\nbeing an environmental authorisation pursuant to, and for the purposes of, the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958 (SA)\nCOMMENCEMENT\nThis varied environmental authorisation takes effect on 7 December 2016\nLICENSEE\nOneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd ACN 004 651 325.\nLOCATIONS\nThe Locations are:\n\t•\tthe Whyalla Steelworks operations, Port Augusta Road, Whyalla 5600, South Australia;\n\t•\tthe Licensee's Gazetted transhipping points in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia and transit routes to and from those transhipping points;\n\t•\tthe rail, tramway and other infrastructure corridors to and from the Middleback Ranges Mines;\n\t•\tthe Port of Whyalla; and\n\t•\tthe approach channels to the Port of Whyalla.\nLICENSED ACTIVITIES\nThe Licensee is authorised to undertake at the Locations, and on the Premises, the following prescribed activities of environmental significance under Schedule 1 Part A of the Act, subject to the conditions in this Licence set out below:\n\n1(1)\nChemical Storage and Warehousing Facilities\n1(2)(a)(i)\nChemical Works: inorganic\n1(3)\nCoke Works\n1(5)\nPetroleum Production, Storage or Processing Works or Facilities\n2(7)\nFerrous and Non-ferrous Metal Melting\n2(8)\nMetallurgical Works\n2(11)\nScrap Metal Recovery\n3(3)\nWaste or Recycling Depots\n3(4)\nActivities Producing Listed Waste\n7(1)\nBulk Shipping Facilities\n7(2)\nRailway Operations\n7(3)(c)\nCrushing, Grinding or Milling: rocks, ores or minerals\n7(4)\nDredging\n7(5)\nCoal Handling and Storage\n8(2)(a)\nFuel Burning: rate of heat release exceeding 5 megawatts\n8(4)(b)\nMarinas and Boating Facilities\n8 (6a)\nDesalination Plants\n8(7)\nDischarges to Marine or Inland Waters\nDefinitions\nIn this Licence the following definitions apply:\nthe Act means the Environment Protection Act 1993 (SA), as amended.\nthe Authority means the Environment Protection Authority established under Part 3 Division 1 of the Act. \nBack-to-Back Shiploading means that there is less than twenty-four (24) hours between the finish of the last pour of Product into one vessel and the scheduled commencement of loading of the next vessel.\nBulk Shipping Facilities means the conduct of a facility or facilities for the handling of bulk products as defined in Schedule 1, clause 7(1) of the Act, and for the avoidance of doubt includes:\n\t(a)\tthe storage and handling of bulk products in and around the Export Handling Areas; and\n\t(b)\tthe handling of bulk products to, across, through and over wharves at the Inner Harbour of the Port of Whyalla (including the operation of conveyor and related systems); and\n\t(c)\tthe subsequent handling and transhipping of bulk products in Spencer Gulf.\nDelegate means a person or persons authorized in writing by the Minister after consultation with the Licensee to make those decisions in and pursuant to this Licence that are stated to be decisions that may be made by a Delegate.\nExport Handling Areas means those areas of the Whyalla Steelworks where the Licensee conducts train unloading, ore handling and ship-loading activities and includes Iron Ore Storage Sheds and the areas around the Iron Ore Storage Sheds being the shaded areas so marked on the Stockpile Plan.\nExport Iron Ore means Iron Ore for sale and/or use external to the Whyalla Steelworks.\nHigh-Dust-Potential Product means any Iron Ore or Secondary Product which has properties which mean that those products have substantially greater potential for dust generation than the Iron Ore or Secondary Products which are ordinarily loaded by the Ship Loader.\nIron Ore means haematite or magnetite (and includes, unless the context indicates to the contrary, beneficiated haematite and beneficiated magnetite).\nIron Ore Storage Shed means the sheds located in the Export Handling Areas in which the Licensee stores Export Iron Ore.\nLicence means this environmental authorisation pursuant to, and for the purposes of, the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958 (SA).\nMiddleback Ranges Mines means all the Licensee's mines in or near the Middleback Ranges, including but not limited to the mines known as Iron Magnet, Iron Duchess, Iron Chieftain, Iron Knight, Iron Duke, Iron Princess, Iron Baron and Iron Knob.\nMinister means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958 (SA).\nNorthern Area Mines means all the Licensee's mines in or near the North of South Australia, including but not limited to the mines known as Peculiar Knob and Hawks Nest.\nPelletising Plant Area means the iron ore processing plant (consisting of the pellet plant and associated plant and equipment) located on that part of the Stockpile Plan so marked.\nDust Pollution Control Equipment means dust collection or suppression equipment including but not limited to dust collectors, baghouses, sprays, shrouds, and physical barriers designed to contain dust.\nPort of Whyalla means all land and waters within the harbour of the Port of Whyalla as defined in Schedule 3 of the Harbors and Navigation Regulations 2009 (SA) (or the legislation or regulations in succession or replacement thereto) and includes any port approach channels or other channels in or around the Port of Whyalla.\nPremises means the whole of the land comprised in the following Certificates of Title and Crown Leases:\nRail, tramway and other infrastructure corridors from Whyalla to the Middleback Ranges Mines:\nCL 512/104\nCL 512/105\nCL 775/41\nCL 975/33\nCL 1184/27\nCL 1200/46\nCL 1200/47\nCT 6128/515\nWhyalla Steelworks and the Port of Whyalla:\nCL 1013/20\nCT 6140/402\nCT 5184/638\nCT 5582/363\nCT 5603/813\nCT 5450/551\nCT 5463/457\nCT 6141/526\nCT 6049/920\nCT 6144/964\nCT 6144/965\nCT 6105/303\nCT 6105/304\nIron Baron:\nCT 5727/780\nCT 5560/154\nCT 5513/447\nCL 1278/18\nCT 6128/514\nCT 6128/516\ntogether with the land and waters comprising the Port of Whyalla (as defined in this Licence), the waters and intertidal zone within the area described in Clause 25 (3) of Schedule 1 of the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958, the approach channels to the Port of Whyalla and the Licensee's Gazetted transhipping points in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia (and transit routes to and from those transhipping points).\nProduct means all Iron Ore products including Export Iron Ore and Secondary Products.\nReasonable and Practicable Measures means that the Licensee has developed and is implementing an appropriate written Environmental Management Plan or written procedure.\nSecondary Products means any Iron Ore product other than Export Iron Ore and includes by-product material, Temco Lump (i.e. lump iron produced for Temco in Tasmania), millscale, and by-products produced in the Pelletising Plant e.g. pellet chips, kiln rings, out of specification pellets.\nShip Loaders means the loader on the No.2 Jetty of the Port of Whyalla, the temporary loader on the northern wharf of the Inner Harbour of the Port of Whyalla, or any other loader installed on the northern side of the Inner Harbour of the Port of Whyalla used to load Export Iron Ore and Secondary Products onto vessels.\nSix-Monthly Report is the report referred to in Condition 7.6.\nStockpile means a pile in excess of 200 tonnes of bulk material located outside of a shed or other form of containment.\nStockpile Plan means the map annexed to this Licence as Attachment A.\nSTP means standard temperature and pressure (zero degrees Celsius and 101.3 kilopascals absolute).\nWhyalla Steelworks means the Steelworks (and related processes) area of the Premises located at Port Augusta Road, Whyalla and includes the Pelletising Plant Area and the Export Handling Areas.\nCONDITIONS OF LICENCE\nThe Licensee is authorised to conduct the prescribed activities as described in this Licence at the Locations, and on the Premises, subject to the following conditions:\n1\tCONTROL OF EMISSIONS TO AIR\n1.1\tTransport of Iron Ore and other materials from the Middleback Ranges or Northern Area Mines\n\t(a)\tWater sprays for non-beneficiated Iron Ore at the Middleback Ranges Mines\n\t(i)\tThe Licensee must ensure that all rail wagons containing non-beneficiated Iron Ore from the Middleback Ranges Mines are sprayed with water at the Middleback Ranges Mines unless:\n\t(A)\tit is raining or the Iron Ore being loaded is wet from recent rain; or\n\t(B)\tthe Licensee can demonstrate that the properties of the non beneficiated Iron Ore negate the need for water sprays; or\n\t(C)\tCondition 1.1(a)(ii) applies.\n\t(ii)\tIf the water sprays at the Middleback Ranges Mines are out of service, and the circumstances set out in Conditions 1.1(a)(i)(A) or (B) do not apply, the Licensee may continue to rail wagons containing non beneficiated Iron Ore from the Middleback Ranges Mines without spraying them with water, but in that event the Licensee must inform the Authority in writing by the end of the next working day between Monday and Friday after that unavailability comes to the knowledge of the Licensee.\n\t(iii)\tIn the Six-Monthly Report the Licensee must report on the performance of the water sprays at the Middleback Ranges Mines as against the following key performance indicator:\nthe degree to which water sprays at the Middleback Ranges Mines achieved 85% availability (with the target availability being 90%), such availabilities being measured across a calendar year and not including times when water sprays were not required by reason of the circumstances set out in Conditions 1.1(a)(i)(A) or (B).\n\t(b)\tWater sprays for non-beneficiated Iron Ore at Freyer's Cutting and the train control station at the Licensee's Whyalla Steelworks\n\t(i)\tThe Licensee must ensure that all rail wagons containing non-beneficiated Iron Ore passing through the Whyalla Steelworks train control station and Freyer's Cutting are sprayed with water at those points unless:\n\t(A)\tit is raining or the Iron Ore being loaded is wet from recent rain; or\n\t(B)\tthe Licensee can demonstrate that the properties of the non beneficiated Iron Ore negate the need for water sprays; or\n\t(C)\tCondition 1.1(b)(ii) applies.\n\t(ii)\tIf the water sprays at the Whyalla Steelworks train control station or Freyer's Cutting are out of service, and the circumstances set out in Conditions 1.1(b)(i)(A) or (B) do not apply, the Licensee may continue to rail wagons containing non-beneficiated Iron Ore through the Whyalla Steelworks train control station and Freyer's Cutting without spraying them with water, but in that event the Licensee must inform the Authority in writing by the end of the next working day between Monday and Friday after that unavailability comes to the knowledge of the Licensee.\n\t(iii)\tIn the Six-Monthly Report the Licensee must report on the performance of the water sprays at the Whyalla Steelworks train control station and Freyer's Cutting as against the following key performance indicator:\nthe degree to which water sprays at the Whyalla Steelworks train control station and Freyer's Cutting achieved 85% availability (with the target availability being 90%), such availabilities being measured across a calendar year and not including times when water sprays were not required by reason of the circumstances set out in Conditions 1.1(b)(i)(A) or (B).\n\t(c)\tUse of AHOF and PHAY rail wagons for non-beneficiated Iron Ore fines\n\t(i)\tThe Licensee must, upon becoming aware that non-beneficiated Iron Ore fines have been transported other than upon an AHOF or a PHAY rail wagon, record this incident and report that incident to the Authority in the Six-Monthly Report.\n\t(ii)\tThe Licensee must, upon becoming aware that an AHOF or PHAY rail wagon has been loaded such that the height of the non-beneficiated Iron Ore fines exceeds the height of the top of the rail wagon, record this incident and report that incident to the Authority in the Six-Monthly Report.\n\t(d)\tTransport of other materials from the Middleback Ranges Mines by road transport\n\t(i)\tthe Licensee is permitted to transport the following classes of material from the Middleback Ranges Mines to its Whyalla Steelworks by road transport:\n\t(A)\tlump Iron Ore for the Licensee's approved emergency stockpile as set out in the Stockpile Plan;\n\t(B)\twaste rock for rock wall armouring;\n\t(C)\tquartz;\n\t(D)\tOBP (ore beneficiation plant) lump Iron Ore;\n\t(E)\tlump Iron Ore to be sold to TEMCO; and\n\t(F)\tIron Ore to be used as coolant for the BOS.\n\t(ii)\tThe Licensee must not transport classes of material other than those listed above in Condition 1.1(d)(i) by road vehicle from the Middleback Ranges Mines to its Whyalla Steelworks without written approval from the Minister or a Delegate.\n1.2\tExport Iron Ore - Unloading and Storage\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must only operate the rail tip pockets with the rail tip pocket baghouse filters operating unless:\n\t(i)\twritten approval to do so has been granted by the Minister or a Delegate; or\n\t(ii)\tif a rail tip pocket baghouse filter is out of service, the Licensee may continue to unload Iron Ore at the rail tip pocket, but in that event the Licensee must inform the Authority in writing by the end of the next working day between Monday and Friday after the fact that the rail tip pocket baghouse filter is out of service comes to the knowledge of the Licensee.\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must not store any Export Iron Ore outside the Iron Ore Export Sheds without the written approval of the Minister or a Delegate. \n\t(c)\tThe Licensee must not load Export Iron Ore from the Iron Ore Export Sheds unless:\n\t(i)\tthe Iron Ore Export Shed doors are closed; or\n\t(ii)\tthe Iron Ore Shed ventilation system is operating and there is no egress of airborne haematite dust generated within the Iron Ore Shed during loading.\n1.3\tIron Ore for the Blast Furnace - Unloading and Storage\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee may transfer lump Iron Ore in RSK and AHOF rail wagons from its Middleback Ranges Mines or Northern Area Mines to the Number 1 and Number 2 parking lines for use by the Blast Furnace as required.\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must only store Iron Ore for the Blast Furnace in the areas shown in the Stockpile Plan unless the Minister or a Delegate has granted written approval to store Iron Ore for the Blast Furnace in areas not shown on the Stockpile Plan.\n1.4\tSecondary Products - Storage and Loading\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must only store Secondary Products in the areas shown on the Stockpile Plan unless the Minister or a Delegate has granted written approval to store Secondary Products in areas not shown on the Stockpile Plan.\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must take all Reasonable and Practicable Measures to ensure that all roads (when in use by mobile equipment as part of the Licensee's management of Secondary Products) are treated with water or other suitable dust suppression agent to minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises.\n\t(c)\tThe Licensee must take all Reasonable and Practicable Measures to maintain a paper pulp mulch or other capping agent on all Stockpiles of Secondary Products unless the Licensee can demonstrate that the inherent properties of a Secondary Product minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises.\n\t(d)\tThe Licensee must take all Reasonable and Practicable Measures when loading Secondary Products into the Iron Ore Export Shed Hopper to minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises.\n1.5\tShiploading of Export Iron Ore and Secondary Products - Conveyors\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must ensure that all dust control equipment on the conveying lines between the Iron Ore Export Sheds and the Ship Loaders are operating during ship loading unless:\n\t(i)\tthe Licensee can demonstrate that the inherent properties of product being loaded minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises; or\n\t(ii)\tthe Licensee can demonstrate that the operation of the relevant dust control equipment will create more dust than if that equipment was not operated; or\n\t(iii)\twritten approval has been granted by the Minister or a Delegate to operate this conveying line without dust control equipment; or\n\t(iv)\tCondition 1.5(b) applies.\n\t(b)\tIf dust control equipment on a conveying line between an Iron Ore Export Shed and the Ship Loader is out of service during ship loading, and the circumstances set out in Conditions 1.5(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) do not apply, the Licensee may continue to load the vessel (or, if there is Back-to-Back Shiploading, both vessels), but in that event the Licensee must inform the Authority in writing by the end of the next working day between Monday and Friday after that unavailability comes to the knowledge of the Licensee. \n\t(c)\tThe Licensee must ensure that all dust control equipment on the conveying lines between the Iron Ore Export Sheds and the Ship Loaders are checked during ship loading on a daily basis and a written record maintained of any equipment or plant failure that results in fugitive dust loss. \n\t(d)\tThe Licensee must ensure any dust build up or spillage in the conveying lines between the Iron Ore Export Sheds and the Ship Loaders that could result in the generation of dust that could impact outside the Premises and that is in reasonably and safely accessible areas is removed from that conveying line once ship loading (or Back-to-Back Shiploading) has been completed.\n1.6\tShip Loader Operation\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must not operate the Ship Loaders unless the dust shroud is in place and the boom dust suppression sprays, and in the case of transhipment vessels the vessel hold sprays, are operating unless:\n\t(i)\tthe Licensee can demonstrate that the inherent properties of product being loaded minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises; or\n\t(ii)\tit is raining; or\n\t(iii)\twritten approval has been granted by the Minister or a Delegate to operate the relevant Ship Loader without the dust shroud being in place and/or the dust suppression sprays operating; or\n\t(iv)\tCondition 1.6(c) applies.\n\t(b)\tNotwithstanding the above provisions of Condition 1.6(a), the Licensee is permitted to load vessels without operating the dust suppression sprays until the initial pour into the vessel has covered the base of the vessel, being approximately 1,000 tonnes for barges and approximately 3,000 tonnes per hold for Handymax vessels and the transhipment vessel the CSL Whyalla.\n\t(c)\tIn the event that the dust shroud or dust suppression sprays are not available during shiploading, and the circumstances set out in Conditions 1.6(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) do not apply, the Licensee may continue to load the vessel (or, if there is Back-to-Back Shiploading, both vessels), but in that event the Licensee must inform the Authority in writing by the end of the next working day between Monday and Friday after that equipment failure comes to the knowledge of the Licensee.\n\t(d)\tThe Licensee must not operate a Ship Loader to load any High-Dust-Potential Product unless:\n\t(i)\tthe Licensee has implemented the applicable environmental controls contained in the work procedure BIS WI 57-05-002 (as amended by the Licensee from time to time) for High-Dust-Potential Product; or\n\t(ii)\tthe Licensee can demonstrate that the High-Dust-Potential Product will not substantially increase the generation of dust that will impact outside of the Premises (e.g. because of current weather conditions); or\n\t(iii)\twritten approval has been granted by the Minister or a Delegate to operate the Ship Loader without the applicable environmental controls contained in the work procedure BIS WI 57-05-002 (as amended by the Licensee from time to time) for High-Dust-Potential Product being implemented.\n\t(e)\tThe Licensee must notify the EPA in writing prior to and upon cessation of, operating the Ship Loader with the discharge point of the boom shroud located above the level of the hold opening on a Handymax vessel. The notification must include the following:\n\t(i)\tthe date and time of commencement of such operations;\n\t(ii)\tthe date and time of cessation of such operations.\nIn this condition, Handymax refers to vessel with a capacity of 35,000 to 60,000 DWT.\n1.7\tPelletising Plant\nThe Licensee must:\n\t(a)\tcarry out a daily inspection of the Pelletising Plant and maintain a written record of any equipment or plant failure that results in fugitive dust generation; and\n\t(b)\ttake all Reasonable and Practicable Measures to ensure that any build-up of dust or spillage at the Pelletising Plant that results in the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises is removed on a weekly basis from all reasonably and safely accessible areas.\n1.8\tStockpiles\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must not stockpile material in locations other than those identified in the Stockpile Plan unless written approval has been granted by the Minister or a Delegate.\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must take all Reasonable and Practicable Measures to ensure that all roads that will be used in the management of its Stockpiles are treated with water or other suitable dust suppression agent to minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises.\n\t(c)\tThe Licensee must take all Reasonable and Practicable Measures to maintain a paper pulp mulch or other capping agent on all Stockpiles unless the Licensee can demonstrate that the inherent properties of the products in the Stockpile minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises.\n1.9\tPollution Control Equipment\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must implement the Maintenance Checking and Recording Programs and Contingency and Breakdown Management Programs for the specified Pollution Control Equipment located in the Pelletising Plant Area and Export Handling Areas as approved by the Authority by letter dated 2 October 2007. The Licensee must maintain any records generated as a result of these Maintenance Checking and Recording Programs for five years from the date the relevant record was generated.\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must implement the Maintenance Checking and Recording Programs for the Spencer Gulf transhipping operation's pollution control equipment as approved by the Authority by letter dated 4 May 2007, and dated 10 December 2012. The Licensee must maintain any records generated as a result of these Maintenance Checking and Recording Programs for five years from the date the relevant record was generated.\n\t(c)\tThe Licensee must prepare a Maintenance Checking and Recording Program and a Contingency and Breakdown Management Program (herein referred to as the Programs) for the Pollution Control Equipment in the Export Handling Area located on and adjacent to the Inner Harbour of the Port of Whyalla. The licensee must submit these Programs to the Authority for approval within three (3) months of commissioning of the facilities. The Licensee must implement these Programs forthwith on approval in writing by the Authority, and maintain any records generated as a result of these Programs for five years from the date the relevant record was generated.\n\t(d)\tThe Licensee must notify the Authority in the event that the dust pollution control equipment in the Pelletising Plant Area or the Export Handling Areas fail and that failure is not rectified within seventy-two (72) hours of that failure coming to the attention of the licensee. The notification must include an appropriate plan for the licensee to rectify the failure and the timelines for such rectification.\n1.10\tCrushing and Screening\nUnless written approval has been granted by the Minister or a Delegate, the Licensee must ensure that any crushing and screening undertaken on the Whyalla Steelworks site:\n\t(a)\tis undertaken in areas designated for crushing and screening on the Stockpile Plan; and\n\t(b)\tis undertaken using Reasonable and Practicable Measures to minimise the generation of dust that will impact outside the Premises.\n1.11\tBOS Emission Events\nThe Licensee must maintain a record of all BOS stack emission events and provide the Authority with a written summary in the Six-Monthly Report which sets out the date of the event, the duration of the event and the reason for the event.\n2\tDUST TARGETS\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee's Deemed Contribution to the daily PM10 particulate measurement at the Authority's Walls Street air monitoring station must not exceed 50ug/m3 (as determined in accordance with sub-clause (b) of this Condition) on more than five days per annum.\n\t(b)\tFor the purposes of sub-clause (a) of this Condition, the Licensee's deemed contribution to the daily PM10 particulate measurement at the Authority's Walls Street air monitoring station on any one day will be deemed to be the difference on that day between the daily PM10 particulate measurement at the Authority's Schulz Reserve air monitoring station and the daily PM10 particulate measurement at the Authority's Walls Street air monitoring station (\"the Deemed Contribution\") provided that the wind on that day at any time is coming in a direction from the Licensee's Whyalla Steelworks site (the wind is deemed to be a direction of 355° to 100° as measured at the Licensee's Hummock Hill wind sensor) (\"the Required Direction\").\nFor the purposes of this Condition, the \"daily PM10 particulate measurement\" (at both the Authority's Walls Street air monitoring station and the Authority's Schulz Reserve air monitoring station) for a day will be the 24hr average of all the validated 10 minute PM10 particulate measurements recorded at the relevant air monitoring station on that day.\nFor the purposes of this Condition, a day is deemed to be a 24 hour period commencing 00:00.\nIn the event of either PM10 data from the Authority's Walls Street air monitoring station or the Authority's Schulz Reserve air monitoring station not being available for any part of a day, the Licensee is deemed to be in compliance for that day.\n\t(c)\tThe Licensee will report on the PM10 particulate measurement with commentary on any exceedances and remedial action taken by the Licensee in the Six Monthly Report.\n3\tCONTROL OF EMISSIONS TO WATER\n3.1\tCoke Ovens and Blast Furnace Waste Water Discharge\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must implement WI 50.301 revision 19 \"Water Quality Monitoring\", or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority. WI 50.301 revision 19 (or subsequent approved revisions) cannot be varied without the written approval of the Authority.\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must implement QP 50.71 revision 1 \"Seagrass Monitoring and Reporting\", or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority. QP 50.71 revision 1 \"Seagrass Monitoring and Reporting\" (or subsequent approved revisions) cannot be varied without written approval of the Authority. \n\t(c)\tThe Licensee must implement the Reduced Ammonia Discharge Study and Reporting Scheme (e1295 Att4 revision 0), or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority. The Reduced Ammonia Discharge Study and Reporting Scheme e1295 Att4 revision 0 (or subsequent approved revisions) cannot be varied without written approval of the Authority.\n\t(d)\tIf:\n\t(i)\tas a result of monitoring pursuant to condition 3.1(b) it is reported by the Licensee to the Authority that the independent professional's opinion is that the condition of the seagrass has materially worsened during the reporting period; AND\n\t(ii)\tit is decided by the Authority after receiving from the Licensee such relevant information that the Licensee can provide - that the reason why the condition of the seagrass has materially worsened, is due to one or more of the Acknowledged Possible Ammonia Impacts, (as defined in Section 7.0 of QP50.71 revision 1) and is not related to a natural occurrence or event unrelated to the ammonia discharge from the premises;\nthe Licensee will, within 6 calendar months, of the submission to the Authority of the seagrass monitoring report which first identified that the seagrass condition had materially worsened - submit a proposed ammonia discharge management and proposed actions report (\"Ammonia Discharge Management and Proposed Actions Report\") to the Authority for the approval of the Authority. The Ammonia Discharge Management and Proposed Actions Report will include (but not be limited to) a timeframe for implementation of all actions listed in that report. The Ammonia Discharge Management and Proposed Actions Report must be implemented within the time approved by the Authority. Any extension of time must be approved in writing by the Authority.\n\t(e)\tThe Licensee must monitor the ammonia discharge from the Coke Ovens and Blast Furnace in accordance with WI.50.301 revision 19 (or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority), and report to the Authority the total amount of ammonia discharged in tonnes per annum from both the Coke Ovens and Blast Furnace (cumulatively) compared to the Total Ammonia Discharge Target Amount. In the event that the annual Total Ammonia Discharge Target Amount contained in WI.50.301 revision 19 (or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority) is exceeded then the Licensee must undertake monitoring as per QP 50.71 revision 1 (or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority) during the following autumn to determine any impacts that may have occurred as a result of that exceedance on seagrass in the receiving environment.\n\t(f)\tThe maximum amount of ammonia that may be discharged from both the Coke Ovens and Blast Furnace (cumulatively) by the Licensee in any one calendar year period is an amount of 215 tonnes (\"Total Ammonia Discharge Absolute Amount\"). In the event that the Total Ammonia Discharge Absolute Amount is exceeded in any one calendar year period then the Licensee will submit an Ammonia Discharge Management and Proposed Actions Report to the Authority for the approval of the Authority. The Ammonia Discharge Management and Proposed Actions Report must include a timeframe for implementation of all actions listed in that report. Once the Ammonia Discharge Management and Proposed Actions Report has been approved by the Authority the Licensee will carry out the actions in the Ammonia Discharge Management and Proposed Actions Report. Any extension of time must be approved in writing by the Authority.\n\t(g)\tIf, at any time, the Licensee reasonably forms the opinion that one or more of the requirements of this Condition 3.1 should not be implemented because:\n\t(i)\tthe requirement is too onerous financially or technically for the Licensee;\n\t(ii)\tthere is a better option available: or\n\t(iii)\tthe Licensee is incapable of meeting specified outcomes,\nthen the Licensee will advise the Minister and the Authority of its opinion, provide detailed reasons for its opinion and propose an appropriate amendment to this Condition 3.1 for the consideration of the Minister.\n3.2\tAdditional Condition in Relation to Blast Furnace Waste Water Discharges\nThe Licensee must ensure that no more than 5309 kilograms of zinc (as Zn) is discharged to the marine environment from the blast furnace scrubber wastewater effluent stream, in any calendar year.\nThe Licensee must analyse for zinc using the method APHA (American Public Health Association) 3111b 1995 in accordance with the document WI 50.301 revision 19 Water Quality Monitoring, or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority.\n3.3\tWaste Water Monitoring Program\nThe Licensee must maintain a waste water monitoring programme as specified in the document WI.50.301 revision 19Water Quality Monitoring, or subsequent revisions approved by the Authority.\nThe Licensee must not modify the waste water monitoring programme unless such modifications have been approved in writing by the Authority.\nThe Licensee must submit the results of the waste water monitoring programme to the Authority on a six-monthly basis with a statement of validation.\n3.4\tDischarge to Coastal Waters\nThe Licensee must not allow the discharge, emission or deposit of pollutants into coastal waters that causes any visible debris, oil scum or other objectionable matter or odour at the discharge site.\nThe Licensee must:\n\t(a)\ttake all Reasonable and Practicable Measures to avoid the escape of any material spilt on to the wharf, dock, loading or work areas at the Whyalla Steelworks into the marine environment; and\n\t(b)\tremove any material spilt onto the wharf, dock, loading or work areas at the Whyalla Steelworks and either reuse that material or ensure that it is disposed of to a site licensed for the purpose by the Authority.\n3.5\tLime Kiln Effluent Discharge\nThe Licensee must ensure that the maximum level of discharge of dry solids from the lime kiln effluent treatment plant to the lime channel at the Whyalla Steelworks does not exceed 260 tonnes per annum.\n3.6\tWaste Water Discharges\nSubject to compliance with the provisions of this Condition 3, the Licensee may discharge waste water from the Premises into the waters within and adjacent to the Premises.\n3.7\tDredging\nThe Licensee must not undertake any dredging operation without an environment management plan that has been approved in writing by the Environment Protection Authority.\n3.8\tMarine Vessel Maintenance Facilities\nThe Licensee may conduct, or may permit third parties to conduct, the repair or maintenance of any vessel that is associated with the Licensee's iron ore transhipping or steelworks activities.\n4\tWASTE MANAGEMENT\n4.1\tAsbestos Waste\nThe Licensee must implement the following asbestos management plans (as amended by the Licensee from time to time):\n\t(a)\t\"Asbestos Landfill Environmental Management Plan\"- Ref. OneSteel Doc. QP50.43; and\n\t(b)\t\"Soaking Pits Asbestos Management Plan\"- Ref. OneSteel Doc. QP50.47.\n4.2\tLandfill\nThe Licensee must implement the landfill environment management plans as specified in the following of the Licensee's documents as amended by the Licensee from time to time:\nLEMP QP50.42 General Landfill\nLEMP QP50.44 Process Dust\nLEMP QP50.49 Process Dust\nLEMP QP50.45 Hardfill\nLEMP QP50.34 Hardfill\nLEMP QP50.43 Asbestos\n5\tMONITORING\n5.1\tEmission Monitoring Programme\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must carry out an annual emission monitoring programme for particle and gaseous emissions from the plant exhaust stacks at the Whyalla Steelworks set out in Condition 5.1(d).\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must ensure that the monitoring programme referred to in Condition 5.1(a) is carried out in accordance with the methods listed below:\n\nPARAMETER MEASURED\nMETHOD\nTOTAL PARTICULATE MATTER\nAS 4323.2 - 1995\nSELECTION OF SAMPLING POSITIONS\nAS 4323.2 - 1995\nVELOCITY AND VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE\nUSEPA (1997) Method 2 or 2C (as appropriate)\nOXIDES OF NITROGEN\nUSEPA (1997) METHOD 7E\nCARBON DIOXIDE IN STACK GAS\nUSEPA (1997) Method 3A\nOXYGEN IN STACK GAS\nUSEPA (1997) Method 3A\nSULPHUR DIOXIDE\nUSEPA (1997) Method 6C\nCARBON MONOXIDE\nUSEPA (1997) Method 10\n\t(c)\tThe Licensee must ensure that the annual emission monitoring is carried out in accordance with the Licensee's \"OneSteel Annual Quality Procedure Air Emissions Monitoring & Stack Emission Survey\".\n\t(d)\tThe Licensee must ensure that the emission monitoring programme includes the following:\n\t(i)\tBLAST FURNACE PLANT - STOVE STACK\n\t(B)\tcarbon monoxide\n\t(C)\tcarbon dioxide (expressed in tonnes per year)\n\t(D)\tconcentration expressed as milligrams per cubic metre at STP dry basis, and emission rates in grams per second\n\t(ii)\tBLAST FURNACE PLANT - DEDUST BAGHOUSE STACK\n\t(A)\tparticle emissions expressed as milligrams per cubic metre at STP dry basis, and emission rate in grams per second\n\t(iii)\tBOS PLANT - PRIMARY & SECONDARY STACKS\n\t(A)\tparticle emissions expressed as milligrams per cubic metre at STP dry basis, and emission rate in grams per second\n\t(iv)\tLIME KILN PLANT - No.1 & No.2 STACKS\n\t(E)\tparticle emissions\n\t(F)\texpressed as milligrams per cubic metre at STP dry basis, and emission rate in grams per second\n\t(v)\tREHEAT FURNACE PLANT - No.2 STACK\n\t(vi)\tCOKE OVENS PLANT - 1A, 1B & 2A STACKS\n\t(vii)\tPOWERHOUSE PLANT - No.5 & No.6 BOILER STACKS\n\t(viii)\tCOGENERATION PLANT - MAIN EXHAUST STACK\n\t(ix)\tPELLET PLANT - WASTE GAS STACK\n\t(E)\tparticle emissions\n\t(F)\texpressed as milligrams per cubic metre at STP dry basis, and emission rate in grams per second\n5.2\tResults of Emission Testing Programme\nThe Licensee must submit the results of the annual emission monitoring programme set out in condition 5.1 for particle and gaseous emissions carried out at the Whyalla Steelworks site to the Authority within four weeks of receipt by the Licensee of validated results.\n6\tRECORD KEEPING\n\t(a)\tThe Licensee must ensure that all information from stack and ambient air monitoring including charts, raw data, calibration records and other documentation, is made available to the Authority upon request.\n\t(b)\tThe Licensee must retain all data received from stack and ambient air monitoring equipment at the Premises for a period of not less than ten years from date of monitoring.\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"GENERAL OBLIGATIONS","content":"7\tGENERAL OBLIGATIONS\n7.1\tRegister of Complaints\nThe Licensee must maintain a register of complaints received regarding the Licensee's operation that sets out:\n\t(a)\tthe date and time of the complaint;\n\t(b)\tdetails of the complaint;\n\t(c)\tthe name and address of the complainant (if the complainant has permitted the release of their details);\n\t(d)\tthe likely cause of the events;\n\t(e)\tany action taken in response to the complaint; and\n\t(f)\tany actions taken to prevent a recurrence of the events giving rise to the complaint.\nFurther, the Licensee must maintain, or have access to, reliable records detailing temperature, wind speed, wind direction and rainfall at the time of events giving rise to the complaint.\n7.2\tChange of Name or Address\nIf the Licensee's name or postal address (or both) changes, then the Licensee must inform the Authority within 28 days of the change occurring.\n7.3\tDisplay of Licence\nThe Licensee must display a copy of this Licence on a notice board or other suitable place at a location readily accessible to the employees undertaking the activities to which the Licence relates.\n7.4\tNotice to Employees, Agents and Contractors of Licensee\nThe Licensee must take all reasonable and practicable steps by implementing systems, training and signage to ensure that every employee, agent or contractor responsible for carrying out any task controlled by this Licence is properly advised as to the requirements of this Licence and the general environmental duty under section 25 of the Act that relate to that person's tasks and responsibilities as employee, agent or contractor.\n7.5\tContingency Plan(s)\nThe Licensee must maintain a contingency plan or plans for the control, containment or mitigation of any spill, accident or plant failure, which may result in or increase the risk of the release of pollutants to the environment.\n7.6\tSix-Monthly Report\nThe Licensee will submit a report to the Minister within twelve (12) weeks of each 1 January and 1 July each calendar year on those matters required for such reporting pursuant to this Licence.\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE","content":"8\tMANAGEMENT OF CHANGE\nThe Licensee must not undertake any significant changes to the activities licensed under the Licence that:\n\t(a)\thave the potential to significantly increase pollutants or waste currently generated; or\n\t(b)\thave the potential to significantly alter the nature of pollutants or waste currently generated; or\n\t(c)\teffect a significant relocation of a point of discharge or waste;\nwithout written approval from the Minister.\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"COMMUNITY REFERENCE GROUP","content":"9 \tCOMMUNITY REFERENCE GROUP\nThe Licensee shall support the Environment Consultative Group (\"ECG\"). The ECG shall be chaired by a person independent of the Licensee. The ECG will meet every quarter (or as it decides) to review the impact of the Licensee's operations on the residents of Whyalla and may provide written reports to the Minister when the Minister so requests.\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"DECLARATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT","content":"10 \tDECLARATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT\nFor the purposes of sections 25(3)(b) and 84(1)(b) of the Environment Protection Act 1993 (SA) it is hereby provided that:\n\t(a)\tcompliance with Conditions 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Licence will satisfy the Licensee's general environmental duty under section 25 of the Environment Protection Act 1993 (SA) in relation to the form of pollution referred to therein, namely, dust and all other emissions.\n\t(b)\tcompliance with Conditions 3, 7 and 8 of this Licence will satisfy the Licensee's general environmental duty under section 25 of the Environment Protection Act 1993 (SA) in relation to the form of pollution referred to therein, namely, uncontrolled waste discharged into the marine environment.\n\t(c)\tcompliance with Condition 4, 7 and 8 of this Licence will satisfy the Licensee's general environmental duty under section 25 of the Environment Protection Act 1993 (SA) in relation to the form of pollution referred to therein, namely, asbestos waste and landfill within the meaning of this Licence.\nAttachment A—Stockpile Plan\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Lease relating to Port of Whyalla void etc","content":"Schedule 4—Lease relating to Port of Whyalla void etc\n1—Interpretation\nIn this Schedule—\nprescribed land means the whole of the land comprised in—\n\t(a)\tCertificate of Title Register Book Volume 6105 Folio 304; and\n\t(b)\tCertificate of Title Register Book Volume 6141 Folio 526; and\n\t(c)\tCertificate of Title Register Book Volume 5582 Folio 363; and\n\t(d)\tCertificate of Title Register Book Volume 5463 Folio 457; and\n\t(e)\tCertificate of Title Register Book Volume 5603 Folio 813,\nand includes any other land that is the subject of the lease to which this Schedule applies.\n2—Application of Schedule\n\t(1)\tThis Schedule applies to the lease agreement executed or purportedly executed on 29 June 2018, being the lease purportedly granted by OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd ACN 004 651 325 to Whyalla Ports Pty Ltd ACN 153 225 364 in respect of all or specified parts of the prescribed land for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2018 together with—\n\t(a)\tany option to extend the term of the lease (however described); and\n\t(b)\tany tenancy that arises if the tenant holds over at the expiry of the lease.\n\t(2)\tThis Schedule has effect—\n\t(a)\tdespite any provision of the Indenture, or the Indenture under the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937, to the contrary; and\n\t(b)\tnotwithstanding the provisions of the Real Property Act 1886 or any other Act or law.\n\t(3)\tNothing in this Schedule limits section 6A of this Act.\n\t(4)\tSection 8(1)(b) of this Act does not apply to any dispute or difference between the State and the Company arising out of or in connection with the operation of this Schedule.\n3—Lease or purported lease over prescribed land void and of no effect\n\t(1)\tOn the commencement of this clause, the lease to which this Schedule applies will, by force of this clause, be taken to be—\n\t(a)\tvoid and of no force or effect; and\n\t(b)\talways to have been void, and never to have had force or effect.\n\t(2)\tNothing in this clause has the effect of validating a lease that was granted in contravention of a requirement under the Act, the Indenture, or the Indenture under the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937.\nSee, for example, clause 31 of the Indenture, and clause 18 of the Indenture under the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937, which require the consent of the State before certain leases can be granted or assigned.\n4—Interests in certain rail and other infrastructure void and of no effect\n\t(1)\tOn the commencement of this clause, any interest or purported interest in a person or body other than the Company in—\n\t(a)\ta tramway or railway made, formed, laid down, constructed by or on behalf of the Company, or an extension of a tramway or railway, on the prescribed land; or\n\t(b)\tany jetties, wharves, works, buildings, approaches, road ways, conveniences, vermin fences, dog proof fences or rabbit proof fences erected or constructed by or on behalf of the Company on the prescribed land; or\n\t(c)\tany other tramway or railway made, formed, laid down, constructed by or on behalf of the Company, or an extension of a tramway or railway, pursuant to the contract dated February 2012 entitled \"General conditions of contract for engineering procurement and construction – Whyalla Port Expansion Project – Rail Network Extensions\" between OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd (ACN 004 651 325) and CPB Contractors Pty Ltd (ACN 000 893 667) (formerly Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd),\nwill, by force of this clause, be taken to be—\n\t(d)\tvoid and of no force or effect; and\n\t(e)\talways to have been void, and never to have had force or effect.\nSee clauses 7 to 9 of the Indenture under the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937.\n\t(2)\tHowever, subclause (1) does not apply to an interest, or interests of a class, prescribed by the regulations.\n\t(3)\tSubclause (1) has effect whether the interest was created by or on behalf of the Company, Whyalla Ports Pty Ltd (ACN 153 225 364) or any other person or body.\n\t(4)\tFor the purposes of the laws of the State, a tramway or railway, or extension of a tramway or railway, referred to in subclause (1) will, by force of this clause—\n\t(a)\tbe taken not to be, and never to have been, personal property (however described); and\n\t(b)\tbe taken to have merged (at the time it was made, formed, laid down or constructed) with the land to which it is affixed and always to have formed part of the land.\n\t(5)\tSubclause (4) has effect despite section 11 of the Railways (Operations and Access) Act 1997.\n\t(6)\tA statutory right created, arising out of, or provided for, by the operation of this clause is declared not to be personal property for the purposes of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 of the Commonwealth.\n5—Registrar‑General to alter etc instruments of title\nThe Registrar‑General must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the commencement of this clause, make such alterations to, or endorsements on, any instrument of title to prescribed land, or any plan or other document, in their possession or power as may be required as a result of the operation of this Schedule.\n6—No effect on future dealings in prescribed land\nNothing in this Schedule affects a dealing with prescribed land (however described) that occurs on or after the commencement of this clause with the consent of the State.\nConsolidated Indenture\nThis consolidation is provided for convenience only and does not form part of the Act.\nOriginal Indenture and amendments\n\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\nBroken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958\n13.11.1958\n12.12.1958 (Gazette 18.12.1958 p1635)\nStatutes Amendment (BHP Indentures) Act 2000\n\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"March 2013 Agreement for the variation of the Indenture under the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958","content":"15 March 2013 Agreement for the variation of the Indenture under the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958\n\n16.5.2013\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"October 2013 Agreement for the variation of the Indenture under the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958","content":"29 October 2013 Agreement for the variation of the Indenture under the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958\n\n28.11.2013\n\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"October 2017 Agreement for the variation of the Indenture under the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958","content":"30 October 2017 Agreement for the variation of the Indenture under the Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958\n\n30.11.2017\nTHIS INDENTURE made the fourth day of September 1958 BETWEEN the State of South Australia (hereinafter referred to as \"the State\") of the one part and THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED a company incorporated in the State of Victoria and having its registered office in South Australia at Number 28 Franklin Street Adelaide (hereinafter referred to as \"the Company\" which expression shall include the successors and assigns of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited) of the other part:\nWHEREAS the establishment of steel works in South Australia would greatly increase the economic strength of the State and provide opportunities for the employment and advancement of its citizens and be instrumental in influencing other industries which substantially depend on the products of the Company in their processes of manufacture to establish operations at Whyalla:\nAND WHEREAS the State has requested the Company to extend its undertaking at Whyalla by the establishment of steel-making plant, rolling mills and other works associated therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto, and the Company is willing to do so upon satisfactory arrangements for that purpose being made:\nAND WHEREAS for the proper conduct of its operations it is necessary that the Company should be assured of supplies of raw materials, and security of tenure of certain lands and mineral and other leases, and be granted certain powers and rights:\nNOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the parties hereto covenant and agree with each other as follows:\n1.\tRatification and operation of Indenture\n\t(1)\tThe clauses of this Indenture other than this clause shall not come into operation unless the Parliament of the State passes a Bill to ratify this Indenture and unless the Act resulting from the passage of such a Bill comes into operation before the 1st day of January 1959.\n\t(2)\tIf such a Bill is so passed this Indenture shall upon the day when the Bill becomes operative as an Act come into operation and be binding on the parties hereto.\n\t(3)\tWithout in any way derogating from any right or remedy of the Company in respect of a breach of this Indenture if the Parliament of the State should at any time alter or amend the Act passed to ratify this Indenture or should enact legislation which modifies the rights of the Company under such Act or under this Indenture the Company shall have the right to terminate this Indenture.\n2.\tInterpretation\nIn this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires—\n\"the Indenture of 1937\" means the Indenture set out in the schedule to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act, 1937:\n\"the Middleback Range area\" means the area shown on the plan set out in the Appendix A hereto being an area of 242 square miles or thereabouts in the Counties of Hore-Ruthven, Manchester and York, bounded as follows:\nCommencing at a point latitude 32 degrees, 41 minutes south and longitude 137 degrees, 5 minutes east near White Dam in the county of Hore-Ruthven, thence 5 miles, 60 chains east, thence 42 miles south, thence 5 miles, 60 chains west, thence north to the point of commencement; all bearings true:\n\"steel works\" means steel-making plant, rolling mills and other works associated therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto at Whyalla:\n\"reserved area\" means an area which by or pursuant to a proclamation made under the Mining Act, 1930–1955, or any subsequent amendment or re-enactment thereof is reserved from the operation of all or any of the provisions of that Act:\n\"subsidiary company\" or \"subsidiary\" means a company in which the Company holds directly or indirectly at least one half of the issued share capital:\n\"associated company\" means any company carrying on operations at or near Whyalla which substantially depends on the products of the Company for its trading or manufacturing processes:\n\"the ratification of this Indenture\" means the day upon which this Indenture comes into operation.\n3.\tConstruction of works by the Company\n\t(1)\tAt a date not later than the 1st day of January 1960 the Company will commence the construction of steel works at Whyalla and subject to sub-clause (5) of this clause will by the 31st day of December 1970 expend on such construction the sum of £30 million in the aggregate.\n\t(2)\tIn computing such expenditure there shall be taken into account all moneys expended by the Company after the 18th day of February 1958 in connection with such construction.\n\t(3)\tNotwithstanding anything contained in subclause (2) of this clause expenditure by the Company on the construction of a beneficiation and treatment plant for jaspilite and other iron bearing substances shall not be taken into account in computing the expenditure of the Company on steel works.\n\t(4)\tThe Company will, if required by the State, as early as practicable after the end of each financial year until the sum of £30 million has been expended by the Company on the construction of steel works supply to the State a summary audited by the Company's auditors of its expenditure on steel works during such financial year.\n\t(5)\tIf the Company should at any time suffer any delay in the construction of steel works by reason of or arising from any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Company, the date for the completion of the expenditure of £30 million on such construction will be postponed after the said 31st day of December 1970 by a period equal to the period of such delay and any further delay consequential thereon.\n\t(6)\tWhenever any such delay or further delay consequential thereon occurs the Company will within a reasonable time report it in writing to the State.\n4.\tProspecting rights of Company\n\t(1)\tNotwithstanding the Proclamations made on the 15th day of March 1951 and the 17th day of February 1955 under paragraph (c) of section 6 of the Mining Act 1930–1951, the Company shall for a period of ten years after the ratification of this Indenture and during any period of extension as provided in subclause (2) of this clause, have within the Middleback Range area—\n\t(a)\tthe sole and exclusive right to prospect for iron ore and iron bearing substances; and\n\t(b)\ta non-exclusive right to prospect for metal, minerals and natural substances other than iron ore or iron bearing substances.\n\t(2)\tThe Company's rights under this clause will continue for a further period of ten years beyond the period referred to in subclause (1) of this clause unless they cease as provided by subclause (5) of this clause.\n\t(3)\tFor the purpose of any such prospecting the Company may without payment enter and occupy any land within the Middleback Range area and may on any such land erect buildings and structures, drill and dig holes, and carry out such other work as the Company deems necessary but the Company shall not have any such rights over any land—\n\t(a)\twhich for the time being is lawfully used as the site of a house, outhouse, shed, building, structure, dam or reservoir, or as a yard, garden, cultivated field, orchard, stockyard or other like enclosure; or\n\t(b)\twhich at the date of the ratification of this Indenture is comprised in any claim or lease held under the laws relating to mining by a person other than the Company.\n\t(4)\tIf any such claim or lease as is referred to in paragraph (b) of subclause (3) of this clause is terminated on or before the expiration of ten years after the ratification of this Indenture or during any extension under subclause (2) hereof the restriction on the Company's rights under this clause which is contained in the said paragraph (b) shall cease to have any operation in respect of the land comprised in such claim or lease.\n\t(5)\tIf the Company at any time before the expiration of twenty years after the ratification of this Indenture ceases to require all or any of the rights conferred upon it by subclause (1) of this clause, it shall notify the State of that fact and thereupon the Company's rights under subclause (1) of this clause shall cease to the extent indicated in the notice but not otherwise.\n\t(6)\tDuring the period of ten years after the ratification of this Indenture and during any extension under subclause (2) of this clause the State will not register any claim or grant any lease by which any person other than the Company will obtain under the laws relating to mining or otherwise any rights to mine or take natural substances within the Middleback Range area unless the Company's rights under this clause in relation to the area concerned have ceased as provided by subclause (5) of this clause, or unless the Company reports to the State that the area concerned does not contain iron ore or iron bearing substances required by the Company. The Company will, when requested by the State, furnish the State with such information as the Company is then able to furnish, on the question whether any area specified by the State contains iron ore or iron bearing substances required by the Company.\n5.\tRight to leases in the Middleback Range area\n\t(1)\tUpon application by the Company during any period provided for under clause 4 of this Indenture the State will grant to the Company or will procure the grant to the Company of mineral leases upon the terms provided for in this Indenture conferring upon the Company rights to mine for and obtain iron ore and other iron bearing substances from any land within the Middleback Range area specified by the Company in such application.\n\t(2)\tEvery mineral lease granted pursuant to this clause shall be for a period of 50 years from the date of the grant thereof with rights of renewal from time to time as provided by clause 13 of this Indenture.\n\t(3)\tSubject to the provisions of this Indenture any such mineral lease shall be in the form or to the effect set out in the Appendix B hereto.\n\t(4)\tNothing in this Indenture shall limit any rights of the Company under the Mining laws of the State and upon application by the Company for leases or other rights in respect of metals, minerals and other natural substances (other than iron ore and iron bearing substances) within the Middleback Range area the State will grant to the Company or will procure the grant to the Company of such leases or rights in terms no less favourable than those provided for by the Mining laws of the State.\n6.\tIron ore and iron bearing materials discovered in reserved areas\n\t(1)\tIf prospecting by the State in a reserved area proves the existence of a worthwhile deposit of iron ore or iron bearing substances the State will as soon as practicable give the Company notice of the discovery of such deposit and any information in the possession of the State as to the deposit.\n\t(2)\tWithout in any way derogating from any other rights of the Company, after receipt of notice under subclause (1) of this clause the Company may apply to the State for such mineral or other leases as will enable the Company to prospect for mine or obtain iron ore or other iron bearing substances on or from such deposit or any part thereof.\n\t(3)\tUpon any such application being made the State may in its discretion grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of mineral or other leases upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the State and the Company as being just and reasonable having regard to the matters set out in the recitals of this Indenture.\n7.\tIron ore and iron bearing materials outside reserved areas\n\t(1)\tNothing in this Indenture shall in any way restrict any right of the Company under the Mining laws of the State or otherwise—\n\t(a)\tto prospect for iron ore or other iron bearing substances in areas other than reserved areas; or\n\t(b)\tto peg and register claims and be granted mineral and other leases over land in such areas.\n\t(2)\tThe Company may from time to time apply to the Minister of Mines to make a declaration that any specified area not exceeding 50 square miles in which the Company is prospecting or is about to prospect for iron ore or iron bearing substances shall be an approved prospecting area for the purposes of this clause.\n\t(3)\tThe Minister may, in his discretion, grant or refuse an application under subclause (2) but shall not capriciously refuse it.\n\t(4)\tA declaration under this clause shall be made by written notice to the Company and shall remain in operation for a period fixed by the notice not exceeding four years. The period of operation may be extended by the Minister from time to time for not more than four years at any one extension. The Minister shall not capriciously refuse an application by the Company for an extension under this sub-clause.\n\t(5)\tNo proclamation reserving any land from the operation of all or any provisions of the Mining Act, 1930–1954, or of any Act amending or substituted for that Act, shall take away or restrict any right of the Company—\n\t(a)\tto prospect within an approved prospecting area for iron ore and other iron bearing substances; or\n\t(b)\tto peg out and register claims over land situated within an approved prospecting area and containing such ore and substances; or\n\t(c)\tto be granted mineral leases over such land.\n\t(6)\tSubclauses (2) to (5) of this clause shall not be deemed to derogate from any other rights of the Company under the Mining laws of the State or this Indenture.\n\t(7)\tSubject to the provisions of this Indenture relating to royalties and labour conditions any mineral lease granted to the Company pursuant to this clause shall be in the form or to the effect set out in the Appendix B hereto.\n8.\tRent for mineral leases\n\t(1)\tNotwithstanding the provisions of any mineral lease held by the Company at the time of the ratification of this Indenture or granted to the Company pursuant to this Indenture the Company shall during the period of twenty years after the ratification of this Indenture pay to the State as and by way of rent for all of such leases so held or granted the annual sum of £12,000 in addition to the rent fixed by any such lease.\n\t(2)\tUpon the expiration of such period of twenty years the Company shall pay to the State the rental fixed by any such lease and no more.\n9.\tRoyalties\n\t(1)\tSubject to this clause, the Company shall pay to the Treasurer royalties in accordance with this Indenture on all iron ore and other iron bearing substances obtained by the Company from land comprised in mineral leases held by the Company at the time of the ratification of this lndenture (including, without limitation, the mineral leases referred to in the Indenture of 1937) or granted to the Company pursuant to this Indenture, including all renewals of those leases (each an \"Indenture lease\").\n\t(1a)\tFor the purposes of this clause 9 and clauses 10, 10A and 10B, but only for the purposes of those clauses, Mineral Leases Numbers 6361 and 6362 and any Additional Iron Chieftain Mining Leases (as defined in subclause 9(8)) will be taken to have been granted to the Company pursuant to this Indenture and to be \"Indenture leases\" within the meaning of subclause (1).\n\t(2)\tThe rates of royalty on iron ore and other iron bearing substances will be -\n\t(a)\tin relation to iron ore and other iron bearing substances recovered by the Company between the effective date and the rate re-set date (both dates inclusive) and transferred solely for the manufacture of steel products in the steel works at Whyalla - nil;\n\t(b)\texcept where paragraph (a) applies, in relation to iron ore and other iron bearing substances recovered by the Company from the Iron Chieftain mine between the effective date and 30 June 2016 (both dates inclusive) - 1.5% of the mine gate value of those minerals;\n\t(c)\texcept where paragraph (a) or (b) applies and subject to subclause (3), in relation to iron and other iron bearing substances recovered by the Company between the effective date and 30 June 2016 (both dates inclusive) - 3.5% of the mine gate value of those minerals;\n\t(d)\texcept where paragraph (a) applies and subject to subclause (3), in relation to iron ore and other iron bearing substances recovered on or after 1 July 2016 - 5% of the mine gate value of those minerals.\n\t(3)\tThe Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy may, on application by the Company, declare that a mine established after the effective date on land comprised in an Indenture lease will be taken to be a \"new mine\" for the purposes of this subclause and, in such a case, the rate of royalty in relation to iron ore and other iron bearing substances recovered from that mine (other than minerals to which paragraph (2)(a) applies) will be, for the period commencing on the day of the declaration and ending on the fifth anniversary of the day on which the first royalty payment under this clause is due and payable in relation to those minerals—\n\t(a)\twhere the Minister's declaration occurs between the effective date and 30 June 2016 (both dates inclusive) - 2% of the mine gate value of those minerals, as assessed in accordance with subclause (5);\n\t(b)\tin any other case - the royalty rate applicable to a \"new mine\" under section 17A of the Mining Act 1971 at the date of the Minister's declaration, calculated on the mine gate value of the minerals, as assessed in accordance with subclause (5).\n\t(4)\tThe Minister will, in determining whether or not to make a declaration under subclause (3), have regard to the matters set out in section 17A(6) of the Mining Act 1971 (insofar as they may be relevant).\n\t(5)\tFor the purposes of this clause, the mine gate value of any iron ore or other iron bearing substances will be taken to be—\n\t(a)\tin the case of such minerals first sold to a genuine purchaser at arms length - the amount, in Australian currency, obtained by multiplying the quantity of those minerals (in the form in which they are first sold) for which payment is made (or is to be made), as set out in genuine invoices relating to the sale, by the price for the minerals in that form (as set out in those invoices) (excluding GST), less any allowable deductions;\n\t(b)\tin any other case - the market value of such minerals (excluding GST) at the time that the minerals leave the mine gate, determined according to section 17(6)(b) or (c) of the Mining Act 1971, less any allowable deductions.\nTo avoid doubt:\n\t(c)\troyalty becomes payable under this Indenture on iron ore and other iron bearing substances only when the minerals leave the mine gate; and\n\t(d)\tfor the purpose of determining the rate of royalty applicable to particular minerals under subclause (2) or subclause (3), the minerals will be taken to be recovered when they leave the mine gate.\n\t(6)\tThe Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy may, on the application of the Company, having regard to the effect that payment of royalty under this clause would be likely to have on the viability or profitability of—\n\t(a)\tmining operations carried on by the Company under Indenture leases; or\n\t(b)\tsteelmaking or other manufacturing operations carried on by the Company or a subsidiary company or an associated company at or near Whyalla,\nwaive payment of such royalty wholly or in part, or reduce the rate at which such royalty is payable.\n\t(7)\tIn relation to any minerals other than iron ore and other iron bearing substances obtained by the Company from land comprised in Indenture leases, the Company will pay royalty in accordance with the Mining Act 1971, and all of the provisions of that Act which are relevant to royalty, including the whole of Part 3 and those provisions not in Part 3 which relate to the furnishing of returns or other information, will apply.\n\t(8)\tIn this clause (and, where applicable, in clause 10, 10A or 10B)—\nallowable deductions, in relation to iron ore or other iron bearing substances, means any amount, in Australian currency, of genuine costs incurred by the Company in transporting and shipping such minerals from the mine gate to a genuine purchaser (excluding GST);\neffective date means 1 July 2013;\nIndenture lease has the meaning given in subclause (1);\nIron Chieftain mine means the mine known as the Iron Chieftain mine as constituted by:\n\t(a)\tMineral Leases Numbers 2662, 2706, 4745, 4746, 4747, 6361 and 6362 (the Iron Chieftain Mining Leases); and\n\t(b)\tany other mining leases that are contiguous with one or more of either the Iron Chieftain Mining Leases or another Additional Iron Chieftain Mining Lease and which the Minister reasonably considers form part of the mine known as the Iron Chieftain mine (the Additional Iron Chieftain Mining Leases).\niron ore and other iron bearing substances - these include haematite bearing ore and magnetite ore, pellet or concentrate;\nmine gate, in relation to any minerals, means the place where the minerals leave the area of—\n\t(a)\tunless paragraph (b) applies, the Indenture lease from which the minerals were recovered; or\n\t(b)\tif the minerals have been transported to land the subject of a miscellaneous purposes licence - that land;\nrate re-set date means a date, being not earlier than 1 July 2022, which is nominated for the purposes of this definition by the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy by written notice to the Company, after first giving the Company a reasonable opportunity to make submissions in relation to the proposed nomination.\n10.\tPayment and computation of royalties\n\t(1)\tThe Company will, in relation to each half-year period, pay the royalties payable under this Indenture on a monthly basis in accordance with the scheme set out in the following subclauses.\n\t(2)\tThe royalty payable for a half-year period or other period will be the total royalty on all minerals chargeable with royalty recovered during the relevant period, and for this purpose minerals will be taken to be recovered when they leave the mine gate.\n\t(3)\tOn or before the last day of the month that immediately follows each month (the relevant month), except the last month, of each half-year period, the Company must pay to the Minister (for the Treasurer) the Company's reasonable estimate of the royalty payable under clause 9 for the relevant month.\n\t(4)\tOn or before the last day of the month that immediately follows the end of each half-year period, the Company will furnish to the Minister—\n\t(a)\ta return of all minerals chargeable with royalty recovered during the relevant half-year period (and to avoid doubt, minerals will be taken to be recovered when they leave the mine gate); and\n\t(b)\tany other information reasonably required by the Minister for the purposes of enabling the Minister to compute the amount of royalty properly payable by the Company under clause 9 for the relevant halfyear period.\n\t(5)\tThe Minister and his officers, servants and agents, for the purpose of checking and verifying any such return, shall, during normal office hours, have access to and the right of inspection of all books, papers and documents of the Company insofar as they relate to substances chargeable with royalty, and the right to enter and examine the lands comprised in the Indenture leases. \n\t(6)\tIf the amount of the royalty properly payable under clause 9 for a completed half-year period exceeds the amount of the estimated royalty actually paid by the Company to the Minister for the relevant half-year period (excluding its last month) under subclause (3), the Company must pay the amount of the difference to the Minister (for the Treasurer) on or before the last day of the month that immediately follows the end of the relevant half-year period.\n\t(7)\tIf the amount of the royalty properly payable under clause 9 for a completed half-year period is less than the amount of the estimated royalty actually paid by the Company to the Minister for the relevant half-year period (excluding its last month) under subclause (3), the Minister may, at the Minister's discretion—\n\t(a)\trefund the amount of the difference to the Company; or\n\t(b)\tset off that amount against a future liability of the Company to make payments of royalty under this Indenture.\n\t(8)\tTo avoid doubt, this clause 10 does not apply in relation to the royalty payable on minerals to which clause 9(7) applies.\n\t(9)\tIn this clause—\nhalf-year period means—\n\t(a)\tthe first 6 months of a calendar year; or\n\t(b)\tthe last 6 months of a calendar year,\nand includes any shorter period agreed in writing by the parties for the purposes of this definition in order to facilitate the transition from half-yearly to monthly royalty payments;\nMinister means the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy.\n10A.\tExclusion of inconsistent provisions\nTo avoid doubt, clauses 9 and 10 apply in relation to minerals recovered from an Indenture lease in substitution for the corresponding provisions relating to royalties contained in—\n\t(a)\tthe relevant Indenture lease; and\n\t(b)\twhere applicable, the Indenture of 1937.\n10B.\tCessation of special royalty arrangements\n\t(1)\tExcept as provided in subclause (2), clauses 9, 10 and 10A have effect only up to and including 30 June 2022.\n\t(2)\tDespite subclause (1):\n\t(a)\tto the extent that terms defined in subclause 9(8) are used in this clause 10B, those definitions continue to apply after 30 June 2022; and \n\t(b)\tclauses 9, 10 and 10A continue to apply after 30 June 2022 in relation to minerals recovered on or before that date.\n\t(3)\tDespite anything contained in an Indenture lease or the Indenture of 1937, the Company will pay royalty in accordance with the Mining Act 1971 on all minerals obtained by the Company on and after 1 July 2022 from land comprised in Indenture leases, and all of the provisions of that Act which are relevant to royalty, including the whole of Part 3 and those provisions not in Part 3 which relate to the furnishing of returns or other information, will apply.\n\t(4)\tIf the Company pays royalty in accordance with, and otherwise complies with, clauses 9 and 10 in relation to iron ore and other iron bearing substances recovered from land comprised in Indenture leases during the 6 month period ending on 31 December 2017, as if those clauses applied throughout that period, the Company will not be required, in addition to paying that royalty and furnishing the return required by clause 10(4), to:\n\t(a)\tpay the royalty on those minerals that would otherwise have fallen due for payment on 31 January 2018 under the Mining Act 1971; or\n\t(b)\tfurnish the return in relation to those minerals it would otherwise have been required to furnish by 31 January 2018 under the Mining Act 1971,\nto the extent that the royalty and related provisions of the Mining Act 1971 apply in relation to any period between the Company ceasing to be a related body corporate of ACN 004 410 833 (formerly Arrium Limited) (subject to deed of company arrangement), within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), and 31 December 2017.\n\t(5)\tNothing in this Indenture prevents the Treasurer from making a designation under section 17DA(2) of the Mining Act 1971 in relation to the Company or serving on the Company a notice of assessment under and in accordance with section 17DA(6)(a) of that Act in relation to the financial year commencing on 1 July 2022.\n11.\tLabour conditions of leases\nNotwithstanding anything contained in the Indenture of 1937 or in the mining laws of the State the Company shall be deemed to have complied with the labour conditions of all the mineral or other leases held by the Company at the date of the ratification of this Indenture or which may be granted to the Company pursuant to this Indenture if the number of men horsepower and horses employed on any one or more of those leases is not less than the total number of men horsepower and horses required by the Mining laws of the State at the date of the ratification of this Indenture to be employed on all the said leases.\n12.\tRaw materials other than iron\n\t(1)\tAs and when requested by the Company the State will in collaboration with the Company or otherwise carry out or procure the carrying out of prospecting and exploratory work in areas specified by the Company to locate suitable deposits of metals and minerals (other than iron ore and iron bearing substances) required by the Company for its operations generally.\n\t(2)\tThe Company will pay to the State the reasonable costs of any work under subclause (1) of this clause.\n\t(3)\tOn the application of the Company the State will grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of mineral or other leases or rights under the Mining laws of the State to enable the Company to mine for and obtain any such metals or minerals.\n13.\tRenewals of mineral leases\n\t(1)\tNotwithstanding any enactment, the Company shall be entitled to the renewal from time to time of any mineral lease granted to the Company (whether before or after the ratification of this Indenture) and under which the Company obtains materials which it deems essential for any operations of the Company at Whyalla or its steel-making operations generally.\n\t(2)\tEach renewal shall be for a term of twenty-one years or any shorter term applied for by the Company.\n\t(3)\tThe State upon the application of the Company shall grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of any such renewal.\n\t(4)\tExcept as provided in subclause (5) of this clause, the terms, covenants, conditions and other provisions of a lease granted under this clause by way of renewal shall be the same as those of the renewed lease.\n\t(5)\tBy way of the renewal of a mineral lease granted to the Company before the ratification of this Indenture and under which the Company mines for iron ore or other iron bearing substances, a lease for twenty-one years in the form set out in the Appendix B hereto or as near thereto as practicable shall be granted to the Company.\n\t(6)\tThis clause shall not restrict the operation of any provision of any lease relating to the forfeiture thereof for breach or non-performance of any term, covenant or condition thereof.\n14.\tLand for construction and operation of steel works\n\t(1)\tIf for the purpose of or in connection with the construction or operation of steel works the Company should require the fee simple of or any lease easement or other rights over any land comprised in any pastoral or other lease granted by the State, and the State or any authority under the State has power to resume such land the State shall at the request of the Company exercise or procure the exercise of such power to the extent necessary and transfer convey or assign to the Company or procure the transfer conveyance or assignment to the Company of the land, lease, easement or rights which the Company requires for the purposes aforesaid; but the Company shall pay to the State or other authority a reasonable price for such land, lease, easement or rights sufficient to cover the expenditure incurred by the State or other authority for or in connection with the resumption.\n\t(2)\tIf for any of the purposes mentioned in subclause (1) of this clause the Company requires the fee simple of or any rights over any Crown lands not subject to any lease or agreement the State will sell to the Company at such reasonable price as may be agreed the fee simple of that land or the other rights required by the Company over that land.\n15.\tPurchase of Whyalla town water supply\nThe State will, not later than two months after the ratification of this Indenture in accordance with such arrangements as are agreed upon between the parties take over from the Company and operate the mains, pipes, meters, fittings and other works, plant and equipment owned by the Company and used for the reticulation of water within the area of the Whyalla Water District proclaimed under the Northern Areas and Whyalla Water Supply Act 1940.\n16.\tWater for the company's operations\n\t(1)\tThe State will supply to the Company or to any subsidiary or associated company or procure the supply to such company of such amounts of water as such company requires from time to time—\n\t(a)\tfor the operations of any such company at Whyalla or within the Middleback Range area; and\n\t(b)\tfor local reticulation to the public at Iron Knob or elsewhere within the Middleback Range area if such reticulation is undertaken by any such company.\nProvided that the State will not be obliged to supply more than 1,000 million gallons per annum unless the Company notifies the State in writing that it requires a supply from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline in excess of 1,000 million gallons per annum, in which case the State will procure that within a period of three years from the date of such notice being given to it there will be available to the Company the whole of its requirements in excess of 1,000 million gallons per annum.\n\t(2)\tDelivery of water to the Company for consumption or use at Iron Knob or elsewhere in the Middleback Range area may at the option of the Company be taken either at a point on the said Morgan-Whyalla pipeline or elsewhere.\n\t(3)\tThe price to be paid for water delivered to the Company or to a subsidiary or associated company at any point on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline or at Whyalla shall be the basic price set out in subclause (5) of this clause or such lower price as is charged by the Minister of Works pursuant to any law for the time being in force.\n\t(4)\tThe price to be paid for any water delivered to the Company or to a subsidiary or associated company elsewhere than at a point on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline shall be the basic price plus the following amounts:\n\t(a)\tSuch proportion of the interest and sinking fund on capital expenditure incurred by the State in constructing a branch pipeline and incidental works to convey water from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline to the point of delivery, as is attributable to water delivered to the Company or to the subsidiary or associated company as the case may be:\n\t(b)\tSuch proportion of the cost of maintenance and repairs of the branch pipeline and incidental works, and of overhead expenses incurred in connection therewith as is attributable to water delivered to the Company or to the subsidiary or associated company as the case may be; and\n\t(c)\tThe cost of pumping the water delivered to the Company or to the subsidiary or associated company as the case may be from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline to the point of delivery.\n\t(5)\tFor the purpose of this clause the basic price of water shall be:\n\nPer Thousand\ns.\nGallons.\nd.\nFor all water up to the first 300 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 300 million gallons and up to 420 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 420 million gallons and up to 540 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 540 million gallons and up to 600 million gallons per year of supply\nFor all water above 600 million gallons per year of supply\n17.\tOption of Company to construct a main\n\t(1)\tWithout in any way derogating from the obligations of the State under this Indenture the Company may—\n\t(a)\tconstruct a water main from a point on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline to a point or points in the Middleback Range area; or\n\t(b)\trequest the State to construct such a water main on behalf of and at the expense of the Company.\nThe junction of such water main with the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline shall be at a place convenient to the Company and approved by the Minister of Works, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.\n\t(2)\tAt the request of the Company the State will grant to the Company or procure the grant to the Company of such easements or other rights as the Company may reasonably require for the purpose of constructing repairing or maintaining such a water main or doing anything necessary for such purpose.\n\t(3)\tThe Company will if the State so desires sell water to the State from the said water main for reticulation to retail consumers at a price to be agreed between the Company and the State.\n18.\tQuality of water\nThe water to be delivered to the Company under this Indenture shall be potable water in the condition in which it is drawn from the River Murray and without filtering, treatment or change except such change (if any) as necessarily occurs during the transmission of the water from the River Murray to the point of delivery to the Company.\n19.\tMinimum payment for water\n\t(1)\tSubject to subclause (2) of this clause, the Company shall pay the Minister of Works on the first day of each quarter in each year of supply the sum of £6,000 for water supplied or to be supplied during that quarter.\n\t(2)\tIf during any year of supply the sum payable by the Company pursuant to this Indenture for water delivered to the Company exceeds £24,000, the Company shall within one month after the end of that year of supply pay to the Minister of Works the amount by which such sum exceeds £24,000. Provided that if in any year of supply during a triennial period the sum payable by the Company pursuant to this Indenture for water delivered to the Company is less than £24,000, and in any subsequent year of supply during the same triennial period the sum payable by the Company pursuant to this Indenture for water so delivered is more than £24,000, then the amount by which the sum payable by the Company in the earlier year of supply was less than £24,000 shall be carried forward to the credit of the Company and set off against any sum or sums in excess of £24,000 payable by the Company in any such subsequent year of supply. Provided also that in respect of each triennial period the Company shall not be obliged to pay more than £72,000, or the price of the water delivered to it during that period whichever is the greater.\n\t(3)\tIn this clause—\n\"year of supply\" means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st day of May in any year;\n\"triennial period\" means a period of three years commencing on the 1st day of May 1959, or on the corresponding day in any third year thereafter;\n\"quarter\" means the period of three months commencing on the 1st day of May August November and February in any year.\n20.\tMeasurement of water\n\t(1)\tThe Minister of Works shall measure all water delivered to the Company under this Indenture by a suitable meter or meters.\n\t(2)\tThe Minister of Works shall, during each month, give the Company a written notice of the amount of water shown by the meter or meters as having been delivered to the Company during the previous month. The notice shall be conclusive evidence of the amount of water delivered in the month to which it relates unless it is disputed as provided in this clause.\n\t(3)\tThe Company may within one month after receipt of any such notice, give the Minister of Works a written notice that it disputes the correctness of the amount of water shown in the notice given by the Minister of Works, and that it requires the meter or meters to be tested.\n\t(4)\tThe Minister of Works shall on the receipt of such notice, test the meter or meters by passing through it or them, into a receptacle of known capacity, sufficient water to fill that receptacle or any part thereof of known capacity. The Company shall if so required by the Minister of Works permit him to use without payment, for the purpose of a test under this subclause, any dam or reservoir of the Company which is suitable for that purpose, and can conveniently be so used.\n\t(5)\tIf on such test it appears that any meter is not measuring correctly the water actually delivered, the amount of water shown in the disputed notice and in any subsequent notice given by the Minister of Works prior to the test shall be altered by the Minister of Works so as to show the true amount of water delivered, and the liability of the Company shall be adjusted accordingly. Thereafter, if the meter is not corrected or replaced, due allowance for the error shall be made in each monthly notice showing the amount of water delivered to the Company.\n\t(6)\tThe Company may, at its own expense, install a meter or meters at any convenient point in the pipe from which water is delivered to the Company. The readings of any such meter shall be for the information of the Company, but shall not be binding on the Minister of Works unless he agrees to accept them, with or without adjustments, as correct.\n\t(7)\tThe Minister of Works may, without any request from the Company, at any time test any meter installed by him for the purpose of measuring the water delivered to the Company, and the Company shall if so required by the Minister of Works permit the Minister of Works to use for the purpose of the test any dam or reservoir of the Company which is suitable for that purpose and can conveniently be so used.\n21.\tElectricity\nThe State will facilitate the making of a just agreement between the Company and the Electricity Trust of South Australia providing for the following matters:\n\t(a)\tThe erection of a high-tension electricity transmission line from the Trust's power stations at Port Augusta to Whyalla;\n\t(b)\tThe taking over from the Company by the Trust in accordance with such arrangements as are agreed between the Company and the Trust of the assets of the Company used for the reticulation of electricity at Whyalla;\n\t(c)\tThe supply to the Trust at the request of the Trust of electricity generated by the Company and the supply by the Trust to the Company at the request of the Company of the electricity required by the Company; and\n\t(d)\tSecuring to the Company the right to generate electricity for its own requirements or for supply to any subsidiary or associated company and to charge for any such supply.\n22.\tHousing\n\t(1)\tThe Company will from time to time during the construction of steel works or of any extensions of the Company's undertaking at Whyalla inform the State of the number of houses which in the Company's opinion will be required for employees (other than the senior staff) of the Company and of any subsidiary or associated company at Whyalla.\n\t(2)\tThe State will build or procure the building of the number of houses required for such employees, and give such employees the opportunity to purchase or become tenants of such houses on reasonable terms and conditions; Provided however that the State will not be obliged to build or procure the building of more than 400 houses in any one year.\n\t(3)\tThe State will arrange consultations between the Company and the South Australian Housing Trust for the purpose of securing the provision of houses under this clause.\n23.\tLabour\nThe State will, so far as its powers and administrative arrangements permit, assist the Company to obtain adequate and suitable labour as required for the construction and operation of steel works.\n24.\tUse of sea water\nThe Company or any subsidiary or associated company may without payment—\n\t(a)\tdraw from the sea in the vicinity of Whyalla all sea water which is required for its operations at Whyalla; and\n\t(b)\tconstruct on any land which such company has the right to use or occupy or on the sea bed, any works which it requires for the purpose of obtaining, pumping and delivering such water.\n25.\tUse and reclamation of foreshore and sea bed\n\t(1)\tThe Company shall have the right to use and occupy the foreshore and sea bed within the area described in subclause (3) of this clause and to deposit substances thereon so as to reclaim the foreshore, sea bed, or any part thereof from the sea.\n\t(2)\tOn the application of the Company, the State will without payment grant or cause to be granted to the Company the fee simple of any land which, whether as a result of reclamation or otherwise, is above high water mark and is within the area described in subclause (3) of this clause.\n\t(3)\tThe area referred to in this clause is the land shown on the plan set out in the Appendix C hereto being the land bounded as follows:\nCommencing at the south-eastern corner of section 27, Hundred of Cultana; thence generally north-easterly along high water mark to its intersection with a straight line drawn from the northernmost corner of section 2 of the said Hundred at a southern angle of 135 degrees with the north-western boundary of said section 2; thence south-easterly along the production of latter line to low water mark; generally south-westerly along said low water mark to its intersection with the north-eastern boundary of the land contained in perpetual licence No. 319A, Register Book Volume 1013 Folio 20; thence southerly by a straight line to the north-eastern corner of the land contained in perpetual licence No. 319, Register Book Volume 512 Folio 105; north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of latter licence to high water mark aforesaid; thence generally northerly along said high water mark to the point of commencement, together with the coast reserves adjoining part section 19, Hundred of Randell, and section 2, Hundred of Cultana.\n26.\tWorks area to remain outside town\nThe following areas, namely:\n\t(a)\tthe land comprised in Certificates of Title Register Book Volume 1804 Folio 179, Volume 2035 Folio 189, Volume 1093 Folio 115, and Volume 2035 Folio 190;\n\t(b)\tthe land comprised in perpetual lease 12974, Register Book Volume 916 Folio 16;\n\t(c)\tany land north or east of the Company's tramway which the Company or any subsidiary or associated company acquires for use or uses as the site of any works; and\n\t(d)\tany land in the Middleback Range area the freehold of which the Company or any subsidiary or associated company acquires for use as the site of any works and which at the time of acquisition is outside the area of any municipality or district council district\nshall be outside the area of the Whyalla Town Commission and shall not be constituted as or included in a municipality or district council district as defined in the Local Government Act 1934–1954 or any re-enactment or amendment thereof and shall not be declared or included in any water district under the Waterworks Act 1932–1936 or any re-enactment or amendment thereof. Provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent the Company or any subsidiary or associated company from being liable to pay for water supplied by measure: Provided further that if any of the said land is disposed of by the Company or by the subsidiary or associated company, this clause shall cease to apply to the land so disposed of.\n26A.\tDisposal of certain land\n\t(1)\tThe Company has agreed with the State:\n\t(a)\tto dispose of such of the land comprised in Certificates of Title Register Book Volumes 5280 Folio 990, 5184 Folio 639, 4215 Folio 661 and 5523 Folio 190 which is shown on the plan set out in Appendix D to this Indenture and which is owned by the Company (being approximately 3,600 hectares of the area described in paragraph 26(a)) (the \"Subject Area\"), in accordance with the provisions of this clause; and\n\t(b)\tsave for the continuation and renewal of existing tenancies, sub-leases, licences and similar, not to allow third parties to use the remainder of the area described in paragraph 26(a), or any part of it, for any purposes which are not steelmaking, or related to or ancillary to or in support of steelmaking, without the consent of either one of the State or the City of Whyalla.\n\t(2)\tThe Company and the State have identified that portions of the Subject Area (as approximately depicted on the plan set out in Appendix D to this Indenture) may be suited to the following uses:\n\t(a)\tthe portion marked A, to extend the Whyalla Conservation Park;\n\t(b)\tthe portion marked B, to extend the width of the adjoining road reserves;\n\t(c)\tthe portion marked C, as a site for the development of an industrial park;\n\t(d)\tthe portion marked D, to continue as the site for the existing golf course;\n\t(e)\tthe portion marked E, as a site for the development of a recreation and leisure park; and\n\t(f)\tthe portion marked F, for such use as the City of Whyalla chooses.\n\t(3)\tDuring the period from when this clause takes effect until 31 December 2000, the Company will use its reasonable endeavours to negotiate with appropriate potential transferees for the transfer of the above portions of the Subject Area (or of portions approximating such portions) on terms and conditions consistent with the provisions of this clause and otherwise acceptable to the Company.\n\t(4)\tThe Company and the State have identified the following potential transferees as likely to be appropriate:\n\t(a)\tin relation to the portion marked A, the Minister for Environment and Heritage;\n\t(b)\tin relation to the portion marked B, the Minister for Transport and Urban Planning; and\n\t(c)\tin relation to the portions marked C, D, E and F, the City of Whyalla.\n\t(5)\tThe size and location of the identified portions of the Subject Area, the potential uses for such portions and the potential appropriate transferees of such portions may be altered by the Company in consultation with the State.\n\t(6)\tAny transfer or vesting of land pursuant to this clause will be:\n\t(a)\tfor no monetary consideration, except that the Company may require the transferee to be responsible for all or some of any applicable costs of subdivision or transfer including registration fees and stamp duty; and\n\t(b)\tmade subject to all third party rights of access, occupation and use which are in existence, or otherwise required to access occupied or used portions of the land, as at the time of such transfer or vesting.\n\t(7)\tAny land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause (other than the portion of the Subject Area marked F) will, for so long as the steel works continue to operate, carry with it the following restrictive covenants (which covenants will run with the land):\n\t(a)\tsubject to any agreement between the Company and an owner, occupier or user of the land from time to time, the land must not be used for residential purposes, or for any other use that (in the Company's opinion, acting reasonably) adversely affects or compromises the operation of the steel works (including the steel works, or its operation, as it is changed from time to time, provided that no change to the steel works or its operation shall prevent the continuation of any then existing use which did not adversely affect the operation of the steel works when the use commenced); and\n\t(b)\tsubject to any agreement between the Company and an owner, occupier or user of the land from time to time, the land must not be used in any way which:\n\t(i)\tchanges or interferes with any infrastructure which is presently on, under or above such land and which is owned or operated by the Company in connection with the steel works; or\n\t(ii)\tcompromises the availability of, or the Company's access to, sufficient quantities of gas, electricity and water for use in connection with the steel works (including the steel works, or its operation, as it is changed from time to time, provided that no change to the steel works or its operation shall prevent the continuation of any then existing use which did not adversely affect the steel works in this manner when the use commenced).\n\t(8)\tIf, as at 31 December 2000, the Company has not disposed of, or entered into agreements to dispose of, all of the Subject Area, substantially in the manner contemplated by this clause (or as otherwise agreed by the State) then, effective from 1 January 2001, legal and beneficial title to all such portions of the Subject Area not so disposed of will immediately, and without further action, vest in the State. Any costs or fees (including costs of subdivision, registration fees and stamp duty) which are incurred consequent upon such vesting will be borne by the State.\n\t(9)\tClause 26 will cease to apply to any land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause, as and from the date of transfer or vesting.\n\t(10)\t—\n\t(a)\tThis sub-clause (10) applies to infrastructure that is presently owned or operated by the Company in connection with the steel works and is situated on, under or above land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause.\n\t(b)\tSubject to any agreement in writing to the contrary, any infrastructure to which this clause applies and which is owned by the Company will continue to be owned by the Company after the land is transferred or vested, notwithstanding any affixation or annexation to the land.\n\t(c)\tThe Company will have an easement over land transferred or vested pursuant to this clause which entitles the Company to:\n\t(i)\toperate, examine, maintain, repair, modify or replace the relevant infrastructure;\n\t(ii)\tenter the land, by its agents or employees, at any reasonable time, for any of the above purposes; and\n\t(iii)\tbring on to the land any vehicles or equipment that may be reasonably necessary for any of the above purposes.\n\t(d)\tThe powers conferred by the easement under this sub-clause (10) must be exercised so as to minimise, as far as reasonably practicable, interference with the enjoyment of the land by persons lawfully occupying the land.\n\t(e)\tIf the Company has an easement over land relating to any relevant infrastructure otherwise than by virtue of this sub-clause (10), the application of the easement under this sub-clause (10) to the land is excluded to the extent necessary to avoid the same part of the land being subject to both easements.\n\t(f)\tThe Company may, by instrument in writing, limit rights or impose conditions on the exercise of rights arising under the easement under this sub‑clause (10) (and such an instrument has effect according to its terms).\n\t(g)\tAn easement under this sub-clause (10) may, but need not, be registered.\n26B.\tDisposal of surplus residual land\n\t(1)\tNothing in this Indenture:\n\t(a)\tprevents the Company from disposing of any land to which paragraph 26A(1)(b) applies to a third party if the land has become surplus to the Company's requirements; or\n\t(b)\trequires, as a condition of disposal of such surplus land to a third party, that the State or the City of Whyalla has consented to that disposal.\nTo avoid doubt, a related body corporate of the Company, within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), is not a \"third party\" for the purposes of this subclause.\n\t(2)\tClause 26 will cease to apply to any such land so disposed of as from the date of transfer.\n27.\tConstruction of bridges and crossings\n\t(1)\tThe Company may construct bridges, level crossings, tunnels or cuttings by which the Whyalla to Iron Knob tramway may cross the Port Augusta-Whyalla road at a place or places in the vicinity of the Company's works or for other purposes in connection with the operation of steel works or the operations of any subsidiary or associated companies.\n\t(2)\tThe places and nature of such bridges, crossings, tunnels or cuttings and the details of construction thereof shall be approved by the Commissioner of Highways which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.\n28.\tRailway to Whyalla.\nIf it is decided that the Commonwealth of Australia or any instrumentality thereof or the State should construct a railway line connecting Whyalla with either the South Australian or the Commonwealth railway systems the State will—\n\t(a)\tuse its best endeavours to facilitate such construction and will grant all necessary rights and powers for that purpose; and\n\t(b)\tconsult with the Company or arrange consultations between the Commonwealth and the Company as to the route of any such railway in the neighbourhood of the Company's land at Whyalla and as to the location of the terminal of any such railway at Whyalla.\n29.\tCharges in respect of wharves and jetties\nNo charges or imposts other than those payable by the Company at the date of the ratification of this Indenture shall be imposed on the Company or on any subsidiary or associated company in respect of the use or occupation of any wharves or jetties constructed by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company at or near Whyalla or on the shipment or carriage of goods to over or from the said wharves and jetties or on the ships engaged in the shipment thereof.\n30.\tPrices\nThe State will not at any time by legislation, regulation, order or administrative action under any legislation of the State as to prices, prevent products produced in South Australia by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company from being sold at prices which will allow the Company or subsidiary or associated company to provide for such reasonable depreciation, reserves and return on the capital employed in the production of those products as are determined by such company.\n31.\tAssignment\n\t(1)\tWith the consent of the State, the Company may assign—\n\t(a)\tany right, power, benefit, or privilege conferred on the Company by this Indenture;\n\t(b)\tany mineral or other lease held by the Company at the date of the ratification of this Indenture or acquired by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.\n\t(2)\tA person to whom any such right, power, benefit, privilege or lease is assigned may, with the consent of the State, further assign it.\n\t(3)\tThe Company may, with the consent of the State, cause any of its obligations or duties under this Indenture to be performed by any other company, but notwithstanding such consent the Company shall remain liable for any failure to perform such obligations or duties.\n\t(4)\tThe State shall have a discretion to grant or refuse its consent to any assignment of rights, powers, benefits, privileges or leases under this clause or to the performance of any of the Company's obligations or duties by another company but shall not unreasonably withhold such consent.\n\t(5)\tTransfer of rights and obligations\n\t(a)\tNotwithstanding clauses 31(1) to (4) above, the Company may, with the consent of the State, transfer its rights and obligations under this Indenture and under one or more mineral or other leases or other proprietary rights referred to in, or granted pursuant to, this Indenture (the \"Leases\") to a person or body corporate (the \"Assignee\") by the Company, the State and the Assignee executing a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of the deed set out in Appendix E to this Indenture. If such a deed of assignment and assumption is executed by the Company, the State and the Assignee, the Company and the State will, in accordance with the provisions of the deed of assignment and assumption, be released from its obligations and liabilities to each other under this Indenture and the Leases.\n\t(b)\tThe State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, if the proposed Assignee is:\n\t(ii)\ta company which is within a group of companies to which the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla have been, or are to be, transferred as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works.\n\t(c)\tIn all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, provided that the State is satisfied:\n\t(ii)\twith such proposed Assignee's plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla.\n\t(d)\tIf, pursuant to paragraph 31(5)(a), The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited transfers its obligations under this Indenture and any Leases to a company which is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, then, if the company fails to perform such obligations whilst it is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, and notwithstanding anything in paragraph 31(5)(a) or in the relevant deed of assignment and assumption, The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited will be liable for such failure as if the transfer had not occurred.\n\t(6)\t—\n\t(a)\tAny proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any direct or indirect Assignee of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited which is a body corporate), or more than 50 percent of the voting shares of a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee), will require the consent of the State.\n\t(b)\tThe State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee) if:\n\t(i)\tthe ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is to remain the same; or\n\t(ii)\tthe Company (or relevant Assignee) will remain, or become, a company which is within a group of companies which holds the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works.\n\t(c)\tIn all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee), provided that the State is satisfied:\n\t(i)\tthat any proposed new ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is responsible and solvent; and\n\t(ii)\twith the Company's (or relevant Assignee's) plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla.\n\t(d)\tParagraph 31(6)(a) will not apply if the voting shares of the Company (or relevant Assignee) are listed on a stock exchange, or to any proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control voting shares in a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee) where the voting shares of such parent company are listed on a stock exchange, but paragraph 31(6)(a) will apply to any proposed listing of the Company or any such parent company as if, but irrespective of whether, the proposed listing involves a change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the relevant voting shares.\n32.\tSubsidiary and associated companies\nThe Company will, whenever requested by the State so to do, furnish the State with a list of subsidiary and associated companies as defined in clause 2 of this Indenture showing the interest of the Company in such subsidiary and associated companies and the State may, for the purposes of this Indenture, rely and act upon any list so furnished by the Company.\n33.\tExtension of the Indenture of 1937\n\t(1)\tThe Indenture of 1937 shall by mutual agreement between the parties hereto be read and construed as if—\n\t(a)\tthe expression \"the term of this Indenture\" and the definition thereof contained in paragraph (b) of clause 1 of the Indenture of 1937 were omitted; and\n\t(b)\tthe words \"upon the expiration of the term of this Indenture\" in clause 4 thereof were omitted; and\n\t(c)\tthe words \"during the term of this Indenture\" were omitted from clauses 14, 15 and 16 thereof; and\n\t(d)\tno limitation of time were contained in clause 17 thereof.\n\t(2)\tNo limitation of time shall be implied in clauses 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Indenture of 1937.\n34.\tNotices\n\t(1)\tAny notice consent or application authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made shall be given or made in writing.\n\t(2)\tAny notice consent application or other writing authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made by the State shall be deemed to have been duly given or made if signed by a Minister and forwarded by prepaid post to the registered office of the Company in South Australia or its office at Whyalla.\n\t(3)\tAny notice consent or application or other writing authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made by the Minister of Mines, the Minister of Works, the Commissioner of Highways, the South Australian Housing Trust or the Electricity Trust of South Australia shall be deemed to have been duly given or made if signed by such Minister or Commissioner, or by the Chairman of the South Australian Housing Trust or of the Electricity Trust of South Australia, as the case may be, and forwarded by prepaid post to the registered office of the Company in South Australia or its office at Whyalla.\n\t(4)\tAny notice consent application or other writing authorized or required by this Indenture to be given or made by the Company shall be deemed to have been duly given or made if signed on behalf of the Company by the Managing Director General Manager Secretary or Attorney of the Company and forwarded by prepaid post—\n\t(a)\tin the case of any notice consent application or other writing concerning the prospecting or mineral rights of the Company under this Indenture to the Minister of Mines of the State;\n\t(b)\tin the case of any notice consent application or other writing concerning the supply of water under this Indenture to the Minister of Works;\n\t(c)\tin the case of any notice consent application or other writing under this Indenture not otherwise provided for in this Indenture or in this clause to the Treasurer of the State.\n\t(5)\tAny notice consent application or other writing forwarded by prepaid post as provided for in this clause shall be deemed to have been duly given on the day on which it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.\n35.\tPreservation of rights\n\t(1)\tSubject to the due observance by the Company of its obligations under this Indenture the State shall at all times take all necessary steps to secure to the Company and to each subsidiary and associated company the rights powers and privileges provided for in this Indenture or the Indenture of 1937 and to prevent them from being impaired disturbed or prejudicially affected in any way whatsoever. Provided that no tax payable by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company or in respect of the property of any such company under any public general Act of the Parliament of the State at rates not exceeding those applicable generally throughout the State shall be deemed to impair disturb or prejudicially affect any right of the Company or of the subsidiary or associated company.\n\t(2)\tNo person other than the Company or a subsidiary or associated company shall acquire any right under the Mining laws of the State over any land occupied by the Company or by any subsidiary or associated company for the operations of such company, save with the consent of such company.\n36.\tLabour at Whyalla\n\t(1)\tThis Indenture is made on the assumption that subject to the provision of adequate housing at Whyalla sufficient labour will be obtainable by the Company under conditions prescribed by the relevant industrial orders or awards to enable the Company both to carry on effectively the activities which it carries on at Whyalla at the time of the execution of this Indenture and to construct and operate steel works.\n\t(2)\tWithout in any way altering the effect of the foregoing provisions of this Indenture if at any time sufficient labour is not available for the purpose and under the conditions mentioned in subclause (1) of this clause the State will, at the request of the Company confer with the Company as to the obligations of the parties under this Indenture with a view to agreeing upon such variations thereof as are necessary or appropriate under the circumstances.\nIN WITNESS whereof this Indenture has been executed by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of the State and by the Company.\n\nHis Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia caused the public seal of the State to be hereto affixed, and signed this Indenture on the fourth day of September, 1958, in the presence of:\nM.A.F. PEARCE\n}\nJ.M. NAPIER\nLieutenant-Governor\nPublic Seal of the State.\nTHE COMMON SEAL OF THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED was hereunto affixed on the twenty-second day of August, 1958, in the presence of:\n{\nC.Y. SYME\nE. LEWIS\nR.G. NEWTON\nGeneral Manager\nCommercial.\nSeal of Company.\nAPPENDIX A TO THE INDENTURE\n\nAPPENDIX B TO THE INDENTURE\nCrown Lease\n(Mineral No. )\nHIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR in and over the State of South Australia in the Commonwealth of Australia in conformity with and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Mining Act 1930–1955 and the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958 (hereinafter referred to as \"the Indenture Act\") and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf doth hereby lease to THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED of Melbourne in the State of Victoria (hereinafter referred to as \"the lessee\" which expression shall include its successors and assigns) all that piece of land containing                                acres or thereabouts and situate and being                                in the said State as the same is delineated in the public maps deposited in the office of the Department of Mines in the City of Adelaide and in the plan in the margin hereof and therein coloured                                together with all ways waters water courses privileges and appurtenances to the same now belonging or therewith occupied or enjoyed.\nIncluding in such lease during its continuance the following rights and liberties for the lessee and the lessee's agents servants and workmen in and upon the said land:\n\t(1)\tTo search work mine for win obtain and treat for the lessee's own use and benefit all metals and minerals except gold in or upon the said land; and\n\t(2)\tFor or incidental to the purposes aforesaid in or upon the said land:\n\t(a)\tTo cut and construct races drains dams reservoirs roads and tramways; and\n\t(b)\tTo erect offices buildings works and machinery; and\n\t(c)\tTo erect dwellings for use by the lessee and the lessee's agents servants and workmen for the purpose of residence,\nand all other necessary or convenient powers authorities privileges and advantages for all or any of the purposes aforesaid\nsubject to the provisions of the Mining Acts 1930–1955 and regulations made thereunder and of the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920–1957 and all regulations made thereunder save insofar as any such provisions are modified or affected by the Indenture Act and subject to such rights interests and authorities as may be lawfully subsisting in the said land at the date of this lease: Except and always Reserved out of this lease all gold and other substances not being metals or minerals in or upon the said land and all persons authorized by the said Acts and regulations shall have full and free liberty of access ingress egress and regress with or without horses cattle carts drays carriages motor cars engines and machinery and all other necessary implements and things into upon and from the said land or any part or parts thereof for all reasonable purposes and to search work mine for win and obtain gold and other substances not being metals or minerals in or upon the said land and for or incidental to those purposes the rights and liberties mentioned in the preceding paragraph (2): And also Excepting and Reserving to all pastoral lessees (if any) of the said land a right of access and user for domestic purposes and for the purposes of watering stock to and of any surface water on the said land which shall not have been provided or stored by artificial means by the lessee.\nTo hold the said land with the appurtenances (except and reserved and subject as aforesaid) unto the lessee from the                      day of                                                    19            for and during the term of fifty (50) years from thence next ensuing for the purpose of mining therein and thereon for all Metals and minerals except gold together with the rights and liberties hereinbefore granted but for no other purpose and with the right to the lessee to the renewal from time to time for periods of 21 years on the same terms and conditions as those contained in this lease including this right of renewal.\nYielding and paying therefor unto the Governor the following rent and other sums:\n\t(1)\tA rent of £            payable yearly and every year in advance on the first day of            in each year during the said term and any renewal thereof.\n\t(2)\tA further sum amounting to—\n\t(i)\teach ton of high grade iron ore fed directly to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia without beneficiation; and\n\t(ii)\teach ton of the dry weight of beneficiated iron bearing substances or iron concentrates fed to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia;\n\t(b)\tsixpence a ton of the dry weight of all jaspilite and of all other iron bearing substances of similar grade which without beneficiation are fed directly to furnaces in South Australia or shipped from South Australia.\nThe sums payable under this paragraph (2) are related to a basis selling price by the lessee of foundry pig iron of £21 7s. 6d. per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide. If such basis selling price on the thirtieth day of June in any year exceeds or is less than £21 7s. 6d. per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide the payments under this paragraph (2) shall be increased or decreased as the case may be by one penny per ton on high grade iron ore and by one third of one penny per ton on jaspilite and other iron bearing substances of similar grade for each complete one pound of the increase or decrease of such basis selling price above or below £21 7s. 6d. In the event of the lessee ceasing at any time to sell foundry pig iron at a price calculated with reference to the price per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide nevertheless there shall be calculated by the lessee a notional basis selling price per ton c.i.f. Port Adelaide as if the lessee were selling foundry pig iron c.i.f. Port Adelaide and this shall be the basis selling price for the purposes of this paragraph (2).\nFor the purpose of computing the tonnage upon which such further sums are payable the weighbridge and weightometer records of the lessee with any adjustments necessary to compensate for known errors in weighing shall be prima facie evidence of the matters contained therein.\nFor the purpose of determining the moisture content of any beneficiated iron bearing substances or iron concentrates on the dry weight of which such further sums or part thereof are payable the returns furnished by the lessee shall be prima facie evidence of the matters contained therein.\n\t(3)\tA further sum amounting to two and one half per centum of the gross amounts realised from the sale of all metals and minerals other than iron ore or iron bearing substances which shall be obtained from the said land, or such other sum as may be agreed upon between the Minister of Mines (hereinafter referred to as ``the Minister'') and the lessee.\nThe further sums mentioned above in paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be paid within two months after the end of each half year ending on the 31st day of May or the 30th day of November as the case may be.\nAnd the lessee doth hereby covenant with the Governor in manner following that is to say:\n\t1.\tThat the lessee will during the said term pay or cause to be paid to the Minister at the office of the Department of Mines in the City of Adelaide on behalf of the Governor the rent and further sums hereby reserved at the times and in the manner hereinbefore appointed for payment thereof free and clear of all rates, taxes impositions outgoings and deductions whatsoever:\n\t2.\tThat the lessee will pay and discharge all rates taxes assessments impositions and outgoings which during the said term shall become payable in respect of the said land:\n\t3.\tThat the lessee will maintain in position during the said term the posts and trenches or piles of stone required by the said regulations to be erected or cut on the said land when the same was pegged out as a claim and in addition thereto will paint legibly on such posts the number of this lease:\n\t4.\tThat the lessee will during the said term make construct and work all mines and do and perform all things authorized by this lease in a fair orderly skilful and workmanlike manner:\n\t5.\tThat the lessee will during the said term employ and keep constantly employed not less than one man for every 10 acres in mining or prospecting for all metals and minerals except gold in or upon the said land and will whenever thereunto required by the Minister furnish him with satisfactory evidence that such number of men have been and are so employed due allowance being made by the Minister for machinery or horses employed at the rate of two men for each horse or horsepower of machinery and provided that if the number of men horsepower and horses employed by the lessee on any one or more of the mineral leases held by the lessee is not less than the total number of men horsepower and horses required to be employed by the lessee on all the mineral leases held by the lessee the lessee shall be deemed to have complied with this covenant:\n\t6.\tThat the lessee will make such provision for the disposal of the silt sludge dirt waste or refuse which may be brought out of the said mines and premises so that the same will not flow or find its way into any stream brook river or water channel or so as to injure or interfere with any land set apart for water supply purposes:\n\t7.\tThat the lessee will build and keep in proper repair a sufficient and substantial stone wall or other fence around all the pits and shafts which may at any time during the said term be open in any part of the said land for the purpose of this lease so as effectually to prevent all access thereto by all kinds of stock:\n\t8.\tThat the lessee will whenever lawfully required so to do at the lessee's own cost and in manner required by any regulations for the time being in force in that behalf cause to be made a survey of the said land and cause to be forwarded to the said Department of Mines a map or plan of such survey:\n\t9.\tThat the lessee will at all times during the said term keep and preserve the said mines in good order repair and condition and in such good order repair and condition at the end or other sooner determination of the said term deliver peaceable possession thereof and of the land hereby leased unto the Governor or the Minister or to some officer authorized by him or them to receive possession thereof:\n\t10.\tThat the lessee will permit the pastoral lessee (if any) of the said land at all times to have free access and user for domestic purposes and for the purposes of watering stock to and of any surface water on the said land which shall not have been provided or stored by artificial means by the lessee:\n\t11.\tThat the lessee will report to a warden when gold precious stones coal shale oil salt gypsum or other minerals other than iron ore or iron bearing substances are found in payable quantities in or upon the said land:\n\t12.\tThat the lessee will not during the continuance of the said term without the written consent of the Minister first had and obtained use or occupy or permit to be used or occupied the said land except for the purpose of exercising the rights and liberties hereinbefore granted:\n\t13.\tThat the lessee will not prevent any person who holds a right privilege or authority under the said Acts and regulations or any amendment thereof from exercising the same:\nProvided always and it is hereby agreed and declared in manner following:\n\t14.\tThat it shall be lawful for the Governor or the Minister or any person authorized by him or them at all proper and reasonable times during the said term without any interruption from the lessee or the lessee's agents servants or workmen to enter into and upon the said land and into and upon any mines or works that may be found therein to view and examine the condition thereof and whether the same be worked in a proper skilful and workmanlike manner and for such purpose to make use of any of the railroads or other roads or ways machinery and works belonging to the said mines and to examine and take extracts from all books accounts vouchers and documents relating thereto:\n\t15.\tThat if the said rent be not paid on or before the day hereinbefore appointed for payment thereof a penalty of five pounds per centum shall be added to the said rent and if the said rent and penalty be not paid within one calendar month after the said day a further penalty of ten pounds per centum shall be added and if the said rent and penalties be not paid within one calendar month after the said first month the same shall be recoverable by the Minister by action in any court of competent jurisdiction:\n\t16.\tThat if the lessee shall during the said term commit any breach of or shall fail to comply with any covenant condition or proviso herein contained this lease shall be liable to forfeiture in manner hereinafter provided:\n\t17.\tThat if the Minister has reason to believe that there has been a breach of or non-compliance with any of the covenants conditions or provisos herein contained the Minister shall give written notice to the lessee specifying the covenants conditions or provisos which he has reason to believe are not being complied with and notifying the lessee that this lease will be liable to forfeiture at the expiration of one month from the date of such notice unless in the meantime such covenants conditions or provisos are duly complied with and if at the expiration of such notice such covenants conditions or provisos are still not being complied with by the lessee the Governor may cancel this lease notwithstanding that the rent payable under this lease for the period during which such breach is committed may have been paid and notwithstanding any implied waiver of such breach by the Governor and the Minister shall thereupon insert a notice in the Government Gazette declaring this lease to be forfeited:\n\t18.\tThat a notice of forfeiture so published in the Government Gazette shall be taken to be conclusive evidence that this lease has been legally cancelled and forfeited:\n\t19.\tThat in case this lease shall become liable to forfeiture the Minister may extend the period during which the lessee may perform the covenants conditions and provisos of this lease for such time and subject during such period of extension to such terms and conditions as the Minister may think fit:\n\t20.\tThat the lessee shall be at liberty to surrender this lease by giving to the Minister three calendar months' notice in writing of the lessee's desire or intention so to do and upon payment of all arrears of rent up to the date of surrender:\n\t21.\tAnd lastly that the lessee shall be at liberty to remove from the said land at any time within—\n\t(a)\tthree months after the date of forfeiture or surrender of this lease any improvements plant machinery engines or tools;\n\t(b)\tsix months after the date of forfeiture or surrender of this lease any metals and minerals except gold won by the lessee stacked upon the said land but shall not remove or interfere with any timber in any mine upon the said land.\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF this lease has been executed by His Excellency the Governor of the State and by the Company.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor of South Australia caused the public seal of the State to be hereto affixed on the            day of                      19      .\n}\nGovernor\nTHE COMMON SEAL OF THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED was hereunto affixed on the                                day of                                19            in the presence of:\n}\nSecretary.\nAPPENDIX C TO THE INDENTURE\n\nAPPENDIX D TO THE INDENTURE\nLAND TO BE DISPOSED\n\nAPPENDIX E TO THE INDENTURE\nFORM OF DEED OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION\nDEED OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION\nTHIS DEED is made                                                                                  between:\n\t1\tTHE MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES, the Minister administering the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937 and the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958, a body corporate pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1994, acting for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of South Australia (the \"State\");\n\t2\tTHE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED ACN 004 028 077 of 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria (\"BHP\"); and\n\t3\t[Insert name, ACN and address of Assignee] (the \"Assignee\").\n\tA\tThe State and BHP are parties to an Indenture dated 4 October 1937 which Indenture is set out (in consolidated form) in Appendix 1 to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Indenture Act 1937 (the \"1937 Indenture\") and to an Indenture dated 4 September 1958 which Indenture is set out in the Schedule to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958 (the \"1958 Indenture\").\n\tB\tBy clause 18 of the 1937 Indenture BHP is permitted to assign its rights under the 1937 Indenture and the Leases by the execution of a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of this Deed.\n\tC\tBy clause 31(5) of the 1958 Indenture BHP is permitted to assign its rights under the 1958 Indenture and the Leases by the execution of a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of this Deed.\n\tD\tBy [Insert details of sale or other agreement between BHP and the Assignee], BHP has agreed to assign with effect from the Effective Date, its right and interest under the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases to the Assignee and the Assignee has agreed to accept that assignment and to assume BHP's obligations and liabilities under the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases.\n\tE\tThe parties are entering into this Deed to effect the assignment and assumption referred to in Recital D.\n1.\tASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION\n\t1.1\tEffective Date\nThe Effective Date is [Insert date] or such other date on or after the date of this Deed as is agreed in writing by BHP and the Assignee, and notified to the State.\n\t1.2\tDeed applies from Effective Date\nAll provisions of this Deed will have effect from and, if necessary, relate back to the Effective Date, so as to have full force and effect on and from that date.\n\t1.3\tAssignment and Assumption\nFrom the Effective Date:\n\t(a)\tBHP assigns to the Assignee all of its rights and interests under the Assigned Instruments; and\n\t(b)\tthe Assignee assumes all of BHP's obligations and liabilities under the Assigned Instruments and will be bound by and comply with those provisions of the Assigned Instruments which were, immediately prior to the Effective Date, binding upon BHP.\n2.\tTHE STATE'S COVENANTS\n\t2.1\tCovenant\nThe Assignee covenants with the State that it will, from the Effective Date, observe and perform the Assigned Instruments and be bound by all terms of the Assigned Instruments which, but for this Deed, were to be performed by BHP.\n\t2.2\tConsent of the State\nIn consideration of the promise contained in clause 2.1, the State consents to the assignment to the Assignee of BHP's rights under the Assigned Instruments, with effect from the Effective Date.\n\t2.3\tRelease of BHP by the State\n\t(a)\tWith effect on and from the Effective Date, the State releases BHP from all its obligations and liabilities under the Assigned Instruments and from all actions, claims or proceedings that it may have against BHP under or in respect of the Assigned Instruments.\n\t(b)\tNothing in clause 2.3(a) relieves BHP of any obligations and liabilities accrued under the Assigned Instruments prior to the Effective Date except to the extent the Assignee discharges such obligations and liabilities.\n\t2.4\tRelease of State by BHP\n\t(a)\tWith effect on and from the Effective Date, BHP releases the State from all its obligations and liabilities under the Assigned Instruments and from all actions, claims or proceedings that it may have against the State under or in respect of the Assigned Instruments.\n\t(b)\tNothing in clause 2.4(a):\n\t(i)\trelieves the State of any obligations and liabilities accrued under the Assigned Instruments prior to the Effective Date except to the extent such obligations and liabilities are discharged in favour of the Assignee; or\n\t(ii)\tshall be taken to constitute a release by the Assignee of any obligations and liabilities of the State.\n3.\tMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS\n\t3.1\tLaw and Jurisdiction\nThe governing law of this Deed is the law of the State of South Australia, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of South Australia and to the courts which hear appeals from those courts.\n\t3.2\tCosts\nEach party will bear its own legal costs of preparation and review of this Deed. The Assignee will pay all stamp duty levied on this Deed.\n\t3.3\tCounterparts\nThis Deed may be executed in counterparts, which when taken together are one instrument.\n\t3.4\tInterpretation\nIn this Deed:\n\t(a)\t\"Assigned Instruments\" means the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases.\n\t(b)\t\"Leases\" means all mineral and other leases and other proprietary rights held by BHP which are referred to in, or granted pursuant to, the 1937 Indenture or the 1958 Indenture.\n\t(c)\tA reference to the 1937 Indenture, the 1958 Indenture and the Leases is a reference to those instruments and proprietary rights as they have been, or are, amended from time to time.\n[Insert Execution clauses]\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tPlease note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.\n\t•\tEarlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nFormerly\nBroken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958\nLegislation repealed by principal Act\nThe Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958 repealed the following:\nNorthern Areas and Whyalla Water Supply Act 1940\nPrincipal Act and amendments\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\n Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture Act 1958\n13.11.1958\n12.12.1958 (Gazette 18.12.1958 p1635)\n Statutes Amendment (BHP Indentures) Act 2000\nPt 3 (ss 16—18, 20—23)—11.5.2000: s 2(1); s 19—31.10.2000 being the prescribed day as defined in s 3 for the purposes of new s 7: s 19(2)\n Statutes Amendment (Corporations—Financial Services Reform) Act 2002\n28.11.2002\nPt 4 (s 9)—1.8.2003 (Gazette 10.7.2003 p2913)\n Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture (Environmental Authorisation) Amendment Act 2005\n27.10.2005\n3.11.2005 (Gazette 3.11.2005 p3882)\n Whyalla Steel Works (Environmental Authorisation) Amendment Act 2015\n Real Property (Electronic Conveyancing) Amendment Act 2016\n16.6.2016\nSch 2—4.7.2016 (Gazette 30.6.2016 p2761)\n—\n—\n Revision of Schedule 3 by Commissioner for Legislation Revision and Publication under section 20\n—\n Whyalla Steel Works (Charge on Property) Amendment Act 2025\n19.2.2025: s 2(1); s 3A as inserted by s 3 taken to commence immediately after ss 3B & 3C: s 2(2)\nWhyalla Steel Works (Port of Whyalla) Amendment Act 2025\n22.5.2025: s 2\nProvisions amended since 3 February 1976\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nLong title\namended by 15/2000 s 16\ns 1\nsubstituted by 48/2005 s 4\ns 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n1.8.2003\ns 3\n\nBHP\nthe Company\nsubstituted by 15/2000 s 17\nthe 2000 Deed of Amendment\nthe Indenture\nsubstituted by 15/2000 s 17\nthe prescribed day\nss 3A—3C\ninserted by 6/2025 s 3\ns 4\n\ns 4(1)\namended by 15/2000 s 18\nss 6A and 6B\ninserted by 21/2025 s 3\ns 7\nsubstituted by 15/2000 s 19\n31.10.2000\ns 7A\ninserted by 15/2000 s 20\n\ndeleted by 48/2005 s 5\ns 7B\ninserted by 15/2000 s 20\ns 7B(1)\namended by 29/2016 Sch 2\n4.7.2016\ns 12\nsubstituted by 15/2000 s 21\ns 13\ninserted by 34/2002 s 9\n1.8.2003\ns 14\ns 15\ns 15(7)\namended by 30/2015 s 3\nss 16—19\ns 20\ninserted by 30/2015 s 4\ns 21\ninserted by 21/2025 s 4\nSch 1\nheading inserted by 15/2000 s 22\nIndenture\nheading substituted by 15/2000 s 22\ncl 26A\ncl 31\n\ncl 31(5) and (6)\nAppendices D and E\nSch 2\ninserted by 15/2000 s 23\nSch 3\ninserted by 48/2005 s 7\n\nEnvironmental authorisation substituted by Commissioner for Legislation Revision and Publication\nSch 4\ninserted by 21/2025 s 5\nTransitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments\nBroken Hill Proprietary Company's Steel Works Indenture (Environmental Authorisation) Amendment Act 2005, Sch 1—Transitional provisions\n\tThe licence granted to the Company under Part 6 of the Environment Protection Act 1993, licence number 13109, will expire on the date of commencement of sections 6 and 7 of this Act.\nHistorical versions\nReprint No 1—11.5.2000\n\nReprint No 2—31.10.2000\n\nReprint No 3—1.8.2003\n\n4.7.2016\n\n","sortOrder":17}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":10,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act originally merely ratified a single indenture for steelworks construction. Over time it has been expanded to include: a government charge over all company property (section 3A), environmental authorisation replacing standard regulation (Schedule 3), voiding of unauthorized leases (Schedule 4), reporting obligations (section 3C), and detailed assignment controls (Section 6A). This is a significant expansion from its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Excessive length: Over 100 pages including schedules","Numerous defined terms in sections 3, 14, and Schedule 3","Heavy cross-referencing between Act, original Indenture, Deed of Amendment, and other legislation","Multiple layers of amendments since 1958, creating cumulative complexity","Nested conditional clauses (e.g., sections 3A, 6A, 7)","Detailed environmental licence with 10 conditions, sub-conditions, and technical monitoring requirements","Exceptions to exceptions (e.g., sections 3A(5), 6A(3))","Extensive use of retrospective provisions (e.g., sections 3A(2), 6A(4))"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a legal contract between the South Australian Government and the company that operates the Whyalla steelworks (originally BHP, now OneSteel Manufacturing). It was passed in 1958 to support the establishment of a steel industry at Whyalla by giving the company special rights and protections. Key features include:\n\n- **Mining rights**: The company gets exclusive rights to prospect for and mine iron ore in the Middleback Ranges for extended periods, with royalties paid to the government.\n- **Infrastructure**: The government must supply water and electricity, build houses for workers, and help with labour.\n- **Environmental regulation**: A special environmental licence (set out in Schedule 3) replaces normal environmental approvals. The Minister controls it, not the Environment Protection Authority.\n- **Government powers**: If the company owes money to the Crown, all its property is automatically charged as security. The Minister can seize and sell assets without court orders.\n- **Assignment restrictions**: The company cannot transfer its rights or change ownership without the State's consent. Any lease or assignment made without consent is void.\n- **Lease cancellation**: Schedule 4 voids a 2018 lease of port land to Whyalla Ports Pty Ltd because it was done without government approval."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":952},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has expanded dramatically from its original 1958 purpose of establishing a steelworks. The 2000 amendments added assignment/change-of-control provisions to facilitate BHP's exit. The 2005 and 2015 amendments inserted a comprehensive environmental authorisation regime. The 2025 amendments added property charges, information reporting obligations, and Schedule 4 to void a specific port lease. The Act now functions as a permanent governance framework for Whyalla's heavy industry, land use, and environmental management, with the State deeply embedded in commercial decisions."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping instruments: original 1958 Indenture, 1937 Indenture (still referenced), 2000 Deed of Amendment, and numerous later amendments","Extensive cross-referencing between Schedules 1-4 and the main Act body","Nested conditional logic in royalty calculations (clause 9) with multiple rate tiers, effective dates, and special rules for 'new mines'","Environmental authorisation (Schedule 3) contains 10+ pages of highly technical conditions with sub-conditions, exceptions, and defined terms","Assignment and change-of-control provisions (clauses 31(5)-(6)) with multiple tiers of consent requirements and exceptions","Retroactive provisions: Schedule 4 voids a 2018 lease 'always to have been void'","Integration with at least 10 other Acts including Environment Protection Act 1993, Mining Act 1971, Development Act 1993, Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth)","Preservation of historical provisions in pounds/shillings/pence for water pricing and royalty calculations alongside modern dollar-based amendments","Multiple definitions of 'Company' that change based on assignment and corporate structure","Statutory charge provisions (sections 3A-3B) with complex enforcement triggers and priority rules"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does**\n\nThis Act is a **comprehensive deal between the South Australian Government and BHP** (now OneSteel/Arrium) that underpins the entire Whyalla steelworks operation. It has been amended multiple times since 1958 and now covers far more than just steel production.\n\n**The core bargain**\n- The State gives BHP (and its successors) **exclusive mining rights** in the Middleback Ranges, **guaranteed water supply**, **cheap electricity**, **land for the steelworks**, and **protection from certain environmental laws**\n- In return, BHP committed to building and operating steelworks at Whyalla, paying royalties on iron ore, and meeting various obligations to the State\n\n**Key things the legislation does today:**\n\n- **Mining rights**: Exclusive rights to prospect and mine iron ore in a 242 square mile area, with 50-year mineral leases and automatic renewals\n- **Water supply**: Guaranteed water from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline at subsidised rates (capped at 1,000 million gallons/year unless more requested)\n- **Environmental exemptions**: A special environmental licence (Schedule 3) that overrides normal environmental laws, with detailed conditions about dust control, water discharge, and pollution monitoring\n- **Land and infrastructure**: Rights to use foreshore and seabed for reclamation, build railways and jetties, and keep industrial land outside local government control\n- **Assignment rules**: Strict controls on who can take over the steelworks — the State must approve any sale, with special protections if the buyer is a related company or integrated steel business\n- **Financial protections**: A statutory charge over all company property if money is owed to the State, enforceable by the Minister\n\n**Who it affects**\n- **Directly**: OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd (current operator), Whyalla Ports Pty Ltd, and any future owners of the steelworks\n- **Indirectly**: Whyalla residents (through environmental conditions), the State (through royalty revenue and water sales), and anyone dealing with land or infrastructure around the steelworks\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis Act is essentially a **sovereign guarantee** to keep steelmaking viable in Whyalla. It gives the operator extraordinary privileges — mining rights, water, land, and environmental exemptions — that no other business in South Australia enjoys. The 2025 amendments added new powers for the State to seize property if debts aren't paid and to void problematic leases over port land."},"summary":{"name":"Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958","slug":"whyalla-steel-works-act-1958","title_id":"whyalla-steel-works-act-1958","version_id":110814,"analysis_type":"summary","content_quality":"high","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Whole-of-Act analysis. Source text includes the main Act (ss 1-21), Schedule 1 (original Indenture), Schedule 2 (2000 Deed of Amendment), Schedule 3 (environmental authorisation), Schedule 4 (Port of Whyalla lease provisions) and the Consolidated Indenture."},"complexity_factors":["Indenture-based structure incorporating detailed commercial and industrial obligations by reference","Original 1958 Indenture supplemented by 2000 Deed of Amendment and subsequent statutory amendments","Statutory charge provisions (ss 3A-3B) with complex priority and enforcement mechanics","Environmental authorisation regime protecting Company operations from competing regulatory action","Native title implications of land grants under the Indenture (Barngarla native title determination)"],"plain_english_summary":"The Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958 (SA) is a South Australian statute that ratifies and gives legislative force to the Indenture entered into on 4 September 1958 between the State of South Australia and The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP), and to the 2000 Deed of Amendment to that Indenture. The Act commits the State to obligations enabling BHP (and its successors and assigns) to construct and operate integrated steel works at Whyalla, in exchange for the Company committing to substantial investment, employment generation and ongoing industrial activity in South Australia.\n\nThe original Indenture (Schedule 1) granted BHP exclusive prospecting and mining rights over the Middleback Range area (approximately 242 square miles), assured land tenure for the steelworks, committed BHP to construct steel works and expend at least 30 million pounds in capital, and imposed obligations on the State to provide infrastructure including roads, water, power and housing. BHP was granted mineral leases, rights over iron ore and iron bearing substances, and the ability to construct and operate tramways and jetties.\n\nThe Act's enabling provisions (sections 3A to 3C) strengthen the State's position following BHP's later divestment of its Whyalla operations: section 3A creates a first ranking statutory charge over all property of the Company in favour of the Crown for any unpaid amounts, enforceable by entry, sale or receivership from 30 days after the amount falls due; section 3B declares that charge to be a statutory interest under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth); and section 3C imposes ongoing financial reporting, information disclosure and site access obligations on the Company.\n\nThe Act also contains environmental authorisation provisions (sections 15 to 20) granting the Company a special environmental authorisation under the Environment Protection Act 1993 and constraining the Minister's power to make environment protection policies that would derogate from that authorisation. Schedule 4 deals with the voiding of certain leases over prescribed land."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/whyalla-steel-works-act-1958","history":"/api/acts/whyalla-steel-works-act-1958/history","analysis":"/api/acts/whyalla-steel-works-act-1958/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/whyalla-steel-works-act-1958/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/whyalla-steel-works-act-1958/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/whyalla-steel-works-act-1958/documents"}}