3Agreement approved and provisions to take effect

3. Agreement approved and provisions to take effect

(1) The Agreement is approved.

(2) Notwithstanding any other Act or law, and without limiting the effect of subsection (1) —

(a) the Company shall be permitted to enter upon the lands mentioned in paragraph (c) of clause 2 of the Agreement, to the extent, and for the purposes, by that paragraph provided; and

(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 2, do not apply to any renewal of the rights of occupancy granted pursuant to paragraph (a) of clause 2 of the Agreement.