3Ratification of Agreement

##### 3. Ratification of Agreement (1) The Agreement is ratified. (2) Notwithstanding any other Act or law, and without limiting the effect of subsection (1) — (a) the Company shall be allowed to enter upon the Crown lands mentioned in paragraph (b) of clause 2 of the Agreement, to the extent and for the purposes provided in that paragraph; (b) the provisions of subclause (2) of clause 3 of the Agreement shall take effect. (3) The provisions of section 96 of the *Public Works Act 1902* do not apply to any railway constructed pursuant to the Agreement. (4) The provisions of section 277(5) of the *Mining Act 1904*1 do not apply to any renewal of the rights of occupancy granted pursuant to subclause (1) of clause 4 of the Agreement.