80Conditions of mining lease

### 80 Conditions of mining lease > > (1)  The Minister may grant an application for a lease subject to any conditions the Minister considers appropriate. > > > (2)  If a lease is held by 2 or more persons, those persons are jointly and severally liable for complying with the conditions of the lease. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 80 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 85, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS85@EN) The Minister may vary the conditions of the lease by rescinding, adding, substituting or amending a condition. > > > (3A)  [*\[Section 80 Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 44 of 2017, s. 33, Applied:21 Nov 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-11-21/act-2017-044#GS33@EN) The Minister may vary the mineral category or categories to which the lease relates by rescinding, adding, substituting or amending a category or categories. > > > (4)  [*\[Section 80 Subsection (4) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:10 Apr 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-04-10/act-1996-017#AT@EN) The department or authority responsible for the [Water Management Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-045) is to ensure, as far as practicable, that a lessee has sufficient access under that Act to water for the purposes of the lease.