Sch Sixth ScheduleFifth Supplementary Agreement

Sixth Schedule — Fifth Supplementary Agreement

[Heading inserted: No. 26 of 1979 s. 4; amended: No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]

THIS AGREEMENT made the 9th day of May, 1979 BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES WALTER MICHAEL COURT, K.C.M.G., O.B.E., M.L.A., Premier of the State of Western Australia acting for and on behalf of the said State and Instrumentalities thereof from time to time (hereinafter called “the State”) of the one part and HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1961 of the State of Victoria and having its registered office and principal place of business in that State at 31 Spring Street, Melbourne, and its registered office in the State of Western Australia at 191 St. George’s Terrace, Perth (hereinafter called “the Company” which expression will include the successors and assigns of the Company including where the context so admits the assignees and appointees of the Company under clause 20 of the Principal Agreement as hereinafter defined) of the other part —

It is desired to amend the Principal Agreement as hereinafter provided.

“Principal Agreement” means the Agreement referred to in section 2 of the Iron Ore (Hamersley Range) Agreement Act 1963‑1976.

Words and phrases to which meanings are given under clause 1 of the Principal Agreement (other than words and phrases to which meanings are given in the foregoing provisions of this clause) shall have the same respective meanings in this Agreement as are given to them under clause 1 of the Principal Agreement.

2. The State shall introduce and sponsor a Bill in the Parliament of Western Australia to ratify this Agreement and endeavour to secure its passage as an Act.

3. The subsequent clause of this Agreement shall not operate unless and until the Bill to ratify this Agreement referred to in clause 2 hereof is passed as an Act before the 31st day of December, 1979 or such later date if any as the parties hereto may mutually agree upon.

4. The Principal Agreement is hereby varied by substituting for the proviso to paragraph (b) of subclause (1) of clause 9 the following —

“PROVIDED THAT from and after the 1st day of July, 1979 the Company will in addition to the rentals already referred to in this paragraph pay to the State during the currency of this Agreement an additional rental in respect of the mineral lease equal to twenty five (25) cents per ton on all iron ore or (as the case may be) all iron ore concentrates in respect of which royalty is payable under clause 10(2)(j) hereof (hereinafter in this paragraph called the “royalty tonnage”) such additional rental to be paid in respect of the same periods and at the same times as the said royalty is payable under clause 10(2)(k) hereof but with the qualifications that —