sec.6AMeaning of mine

### sec.6A Meaning of mine Mine means to carry on an operation with a view to, or for the purpose of— winning mineral from a place where it occurs; or extracting mineral from its natural state; or disposing of mineral in connection with, or waste substances resulting from, the winning or extraction. For subsection (1) , extracting includes the physical, chemical, electrical, magnetic or other way of separation of a mineral. Extracting includes, for example, crushing, grinding, concentrating, screening, washing, jigging, tabling, electrowinning, solvent extraction electrowinning (SX–EW), heap leaching, flotation, fluidised bedding, carbon-in-leach (CIL) and carbon-in-pulp (CIP) processing. However, extracting does not include— a process in a smelter, refinery or anywhere else by which mineral is changed to another substance; or testing or assaying small quantities of mineral in teaching institutions or laboratories, other than laboratories situated in the area of a mining lease; or an activity, prescribed under a regulation, that is not directly associated with winning mineral from a place where it occurs. For subsection (1) , disposing includes, for example, the disposal of tailings and waste rock. A regulation under subsection (4) (c) may prescribe an activity by reference to the quantities of minerals extracted or to any other specified circumstances. s 6A ins 1997 No. 14 s 5 amd 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1 (sec.6A-ssec.1) Mine means to carry on an operation with a view to, or for the purpose of— winning mineral from a place where it occurs; or extracting mineral from its natural state; or disposing of mineral in connection with, or waste substances resulting from, the winning or extraction. (sec.6A-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , extracting includes the physical, chemical, electrical, magnetic or other way of separation of a mineral. (sec.6A-ssec.3) Extracting includes, for example, crushing, grinding, concentrating, screening, washing, jigging, tabling, electrowinning, solvent extraction electrowinning (SX–EW), heap leaching, flotation, fluidised bedding, carbon-in-leach (CIL) and carbon-in-pulp (CIP) processing. (sec.6A-ssec.4) However, extracting does not include— a process in a smelter, refinery or anywhere else by which mineral is changed to another substance; or testing or assaying small quantities of mineral in teaching institutions or laboratories, other than laboratories situated in the area of a mining lease; or an activity, prescribed under a regulation, that is not directly associated with winning mineral from a place where it occurs. (sec.6A-ssec.5) For subsection (1) , disposing includes, for example, the disposal of tailings and waste rock. (sec.6A-ssec.6) A regulation under subsection (4) (c) may prescribe an activity by reference to the quantities of minerals extracted or to any other specified circumstances. - (a) winning mineral from a place where it occurs; or - (b) extracting mineral from its natural state; or - (c) disposing of mineral in connection with, or waste substances resulting from, the winning or extraction. - (a) a process in a smelter, refinery or anywhere else by which mineral is changed to another substance; or - (b) testing or assaying small quantities of mineral in teaching institutions or laboratories, other than laboratories situated in the area of a mining lease; or - (c) an activity, prescribed under a regulation, that is not directly associated with winning mineral from a place where it occurs.