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Division 14—Miscellaneous
No. 3709 s. 167.
S. 204 amended by Nos 92/1990 s. 128(Sch. 1 item 13.8
(a)–(e)), 63/2006 s. 61(Sch. item 19).
204 All Crown grants and certain licences and leases to contain condition permitting mining on compensation for surface damage
There shall be inserted in every Crown grant of land alienated in fee-simple, and in every licence or lease of land with the right of acquiring the fee‑simple thereof and in every perpetual lease a condition or covenant that such land is granted licensed or demised subject to the right of a licensee under the **Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990** or any corresponding previous enactment to enter therein and to do work within the meaning of the said Act and to erect and occupy mining plant or machinery thereon in the same manner and under the same conditions and provisions as those to which such person has now the right to do such work in and upon Crown lands provided that compensation as prescribed by Part 8 of the said Act is paid for surface damage to be done to such land by reason of doing such work on it.
No. 3709 s. 168.