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Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
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### 157 Drilling operations
> > (1) The Minister may authorise any person to carry out –
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> > > > (a) percussion drilling operations; or
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> > > > (b) diamond drilling operations; or
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> > > > (c) any other boring operations.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 157 Subsection (2) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-31/act-2002-064#JS1@Ja14@GC2@EN) Any operations carried out on land administered by the Minister responsible for the administration of the [National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2002-062) are to be carried out in accordance with any management plan in respect of that land.