21Additional fee for native title assessment

21 Additional fee for native title assessment

(1) An application for an exploration licence, a mining licence, a prospecting licence or a retention licence that includes Crown land must be accompanied by an additional fee of 73·5 fee units for an assessment of whether or not the provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth apply.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if—

(a) a land use activity agreement under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 applies in relation to all of the Crown land covered by the application; or

(b) before the assessment of whether or not the provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth apply is undertaken, the applicant chooses to excise all Crown land from the area that is the subject of the licence application.