Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
106Lease for storage and other purposes
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106 Lease for storage and other purposes
(1) [Section 106 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 101, Applied:28 Jun 2013] A lessee or former lessee may, in an approved form, apply to the Minister for a lease in relation to land –
(a) to store any building, machinery, mining product or other property on the land; or
(b) to enable the land to be used to enable the applicant to access land to which a lease relates; or
(c) to enable work associated with mining on other land to be carried out; or
(d) to enable the rehabilitation of the land, where the land has been affected by mining operations on the other land.
(2) [Section 106 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 101, Applied:28 Jun 2013] . . . . . . . .
(3) The Minister may –
(a) grant the application with or without conditions and subject to any rent the Minister determines; or
(b) refuse to grant the application.
(4) The Minister may cancel a lease if the lessee fails to comply with, or contravenes, any condition of the lease.
(5) A person to whom a lease is granted under this section may also apply for a lease under section 70 .
(6) A lease issued under this section ceases to have effect on the granting of a lease under section 78 in respect of all or part of the land to which the lease under this section relates.