Mining Act 1971
30ATerm and renewals of licence
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30A Term and renewals of licence 30AB Excise of land for public purposes 31 Fee 33A Minister may describe or delineate land in any manner 33B Retention status Part 6—Mining leases 34 Preliminary 35 Nature of mining lease 36 Application for mining lease 37 Approval of application and registration 38 Term and renewal of mining lease Part 7—Retention leases 42 Preliminary 43 Nature of retention lease 44 Application for retention lease 45 Approval of application and registration 46 Term and renewal of retention lease Part 8—Miscellaneous purposes licences 47 Preliminary 48 Nature of miscellaneous purposes licence 49 Application for miscellaneous purposes licence 50 Approval of application and registration 51 Term and renewal of miscellaneous purposes licence Part 8A—Special mining enterprises 56A Object of this Part 56B Special mining enterprises 56BA Concept phase 56BB Application phase 56C Power to exempt from or modify Act 56D Existing tenements Part 8B—Common provisions Division 1—Identifying areas and considering applications 56E Identification of areas 56F Related environmental legislation 56G Specially protected areas Division 2—Notice 56H Notice Division 3—Terms and conditions 56I Matters to be considered 56J Alteration of terms and conditions 56K Special term or condition relating to extractive minerals 56L Offence to contravene term or condition Division 4—Rental 56M Rental 56N Debt payable to Crown Division 5—Rectification of boundaries 56O Rectification of boundaries Division 6—Amalgamation of areas 56P Amalgamation of areas Division 7—Change in operations 56Q Preliminary 56R Application 56S Consultation 56T Consideration of proposal 56U Terms and conditions 56V Registration Division 8—Cancellation, suspension and surrender 56W Cancellation and suspension—action by Minister 56X Surrender on application Division 9—Extension of term or reinstatement of tenement 56Y Extension of term of tenement 56Z Reinstatement of tenement Division 10—Assessment reports 56ZA Assessment reports Part 9—Entry upon land, compensation and restoration 57 Entry on land 58 How entry on land may be authorised 58A Notice requirements 61 Compensation 62 Bond and security 62AA Mining Rehabilitation Fund 62A Right to require acquisition of land 63 Extractive Areas Rehabilitation Fund Part 9B—Native title land Division 1—Exploration 63F Qualification of rights conferred by exploration authority 63G Exploration rights to be held in escrow in certain circumstances Division 2—Production 63H Limits on grant of production tenement 63I Applications for production tenements Division 3—Application for declaration 63J Application for declaration Division 4—Negotiating procedure 63K Types of agreement authorising mining operations on native title land 63L Negotiation of agreements 63M Notification of parties affected 63N What happens when there are no registered native title parties with whom to negotiate 63O Expedited procedure where impact of operations is minimal 63P Negotiating procedure 63Q Agreement 63R Effect of registered agreement 63S Application for determination 63T Criteria for making determination 63U Limitation on powers of Court 63V Effect of determination 63W Ministerial power to overrule determinations 63X No re-opening of issues Division 5—Miscellaneous 63Y Non-application of this Part to Pitjantjatjara and Maralinga lands 63Z Compensation to be held on trust in certain cases 63ZA Non-monetary compensation 63ZB Review of compensation 63ZBA Mining Native Title Register 63ZC Saving of pre-1994 mining tenements Part 10—Warden's Court—general provisions 64 Establishment of Warden's Court 65 Powers etc of Warden's Court 66 Rules of Warden's Court 66A Removal of cases to ERD Court 67 Jurisdiction relating to tenements and monetary claims 70 Forfeiture and transfer of mineral tenement Part 10A—Operating approval—program for environment protection and rehabilitation 70A Object of Part 70B Preparation or application of program 70C Review of programs 70D Notice of certain programs 70DA Audit of program 70DB Publication of program 70DC Offences 70DD Development programs to be taken to be approved programs Part 10B—Compliance and enforcement 70E Power to direct persons to take action to prevent or minimise environmental harm 70F Power to direct rehabilitation of land 70FA Compliance directions 70FB Emergency directions 70FC Contravention of Act