SCHEDULE 2 - Savings and Trans SCHEDULE 2 - Savings and Transitional Provisions

Section 207

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule –

commencement day means the day on which this Act commences;

repealed Act means the Mining Act 1929.

2.   Contracts and agreements

Any contract or agreement made under the repealed Act before the commencement day is, on or after that day, enforceable as if it were made under this Act.

3.   Appeals and objections

(1) Any appeal instituted under the repealed Act and not heard or determined before the commencement day may, on or after that day, be heard and determined under the repealed Act.

(2) Any objection made under the repealed Act and not heard or determined before the commencement day may, on or after that day, be heard and determined under the repealed Act.

4.   Proceedings

Any proceedings instituted under the repealed Act and not heard or determined before the commencement day may, on or after that day, be heard and determined under the repealed Act.

5.   Land and minerals exemptions

[Schedule 2 Amended by No. 74 of 2001, s. 33, Applied:30 Oct 2001] Any land or mineral exempted under the repealed Act from the provisions of that Act before the commencement day is, on that day, exempted from the provisions of this Act until an order is made under section 5(4) of this Act.

6.   Public reserves

Any public reserve declared under the repealed Act to be land to which that Act applied before the commencement day is, on that day, land to which this Act applies.