Mineral Resources Regulation 2025
sec.32Conditions about access shafts— Act , ss 81 and 276
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sec.32 Conditions about access shafts— Act , ss 81 and 276
This section prescribes additional conditions, under sections 81 (1) (p) and 276 (1) (n) of the Act , for either of the following mining tenements over a designated restricted area— a mining claim; a mining lease. An access shaft used for authorised activities under the mining tenement in the designated restricted area must— not have a diameter of more than 1m; and be backfilled after the authorised activity, for which the access shaft was used, ends. Also— not more than 3 access shafts used for authorised activities under the mining tenement may be open, at any time, in the designated restricted area; and an opened access shaft used for authorised activities under the mining tenement must be interconnected for ventilation and egress while the authorised activity, for which the access shaft is used, is being carried on. (sec.32-ssec.1) This section prescribes additional conditions, under sections 81 (1) (p) and 276 (1) (n) of the Act , for either of the following mining tenements over a designated restricted area— a mining claim; a mining lease. (sec.32-ssec.2) An access shaft used for authorised activities under the mining tenement in the designated restricted area must— not have a diameter of more than 1m; and be backfilled after the authorised activity, for which the access shaft was used, ends. (sec.32-ssec.3) Also— not more than 3 access shafts used for authorised activities under the mining tenement may be open, at any time, in the designated restricted area; and an opened access shaft used for authorised activities under the mining tenement must be interconnected for ventilation and egress while the authorised activity, for which the access shaft is used, is being carried on.
- (a) a mining claim;
- (b) a mining lease.
- (a) not have a diameter of more than 1m; and
- (b) be backfilled after the authorised activity, for which the access shaft was used, ends.
- (a) not more than 3 access shafts used for authorised activities under the mining tenement may be open, at any time, in the designated restricted area; and
- (b) an opened access shaft used for authorised activities under the mining tenement must be interconnected for ventilation and egress while the authorised activity, for which the access shaft is used, is being carried on.