Mineral Resources Regulation 2025
sec.45Plan of survey must be lodged
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sec.45 Plan of survey must be lodged
This section applies if the Minister has, under section 407 of the Act , required the applicant for a grant of, or the holder of, a mining tenement to have the land to which the application relates or the tenement applies, surveyed or further surveyed. The plan of survey for the land must be lodged with the chief executive. If the plan of survey for the land does not meet the requirements of the Act , the chief executive may do either or both of the following— give the applicant or holder a notice requiring the applicant or holder to give the chief executive, within a stated period, further information about the survey; not accept the plan of survey. In contravention of section 408 (1) of the Act , a survey is carried out by a surveyor who has a share in the mining tenement. (sec.45-ssec.1) This section applies if the Minister has, under section 407 of the Act , required the applicant for a grant of, or the holder of, a mining tenement to have the land to which the application relates or the tenement applies, surveyed or further surveyed. (sec.45-ssec.2) The plan of survey for the land must be lodged with the chief executive. (sec.45-ssec.3) If the plan of survey for the land does not meet the requirements of the Act , the chief executive may do either or both of the following— give the applicant or holder a notice requiring the applicant or holder to give the chief executive, within a stated period, further information about the survey; not accept the plan of survey. In contravention of section 408 (1) of the Act , a survey is carried out by a surveyor who has a share in the mining tenement.
- (a) give the applicant or holder a notice requiring the applicant or holder to give the chief executive, within a stated period, further information about the survey;
- (b) not accept the plan of survey.