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MINERAL TITLES REGULATIONS 2011
108Documents required to be in person's possession
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108 Documents required to be in person's possession
(1) At all times when a person is on relevant land to fossick, the person
must have in his or her possession the following documents:
(a) photographic identification of the person;
(b) in relation to relevant land mentioned in regulation 98(1) –
proof that the person gave a fossicking notice to the specified
person for the land;
(c) in relation to relevant land mentioned in regulation 98(2):
(i) if the specified person for the land consented to the
fossicking request – the document giving consent; or
(ii) if the fossicker has entered the land as authorised by
section 168 of the Act – proof that the person gave a
fossicking request to the landowner.
(2) The person must show the documents to any of the following
persons who ask to see them:
(a) the occupier or landowner of the relevant land;
(b) if the relevant land is in the title area of a mineral title – the title
(c) an authorised officer or police officer.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.