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Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
69Mining without lease prohibited
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### 69 Mining without lease prohibited
> A person must not carry out any mining in any area of land unless –
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> > > (a) the person is the holder of a lease in respect of that area of land; or
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> > > (b) [*\[Section 69 Amended by No. 74 of 2001, s. 18, Applied:30 Oct 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-10-30/act-2001-074#GS18@EN) the land is private land and mining is carried out under [section 7](#GS7@EN) ; or
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> > > (c) the person is authorised to do so under a mineral tenement.
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> Penalty: Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.