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Mining Act 1971
Div 3Caveats
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Division 3—Caveats
15AE Caveats
15AF Application to Warden's Court to lapse caveat or obtain compensation
Division 4—Other dealings
15AG Other dealings
Division 5—Protection from liability
15AH Protection from liability
Division 6—Information
15AI Interpretation
15AJ Compilation, keeping and provision of material
15AK Tests
15AL Release of material
Part 3—Reservation of minerals and royalty
16 Reservation of minerals
17 Royalty
17A Reduced royalty for new mines
17AB Royalty for private mines
17AC Notification of relevant event
17B Assessments by Treasurer
17C Recovery of royalty where appeal lodged
17CA Returns
17D When royalty falls due (general principles)
17DA Special principles relating to designated tenement holders
17E Penalty for unpaid royalty
17F Processed minerals
17G Means of payment
18 Passing of property in minerals
Part 4—Prospecting for minerals
20 General right to prospect for minerals
21 Steps to establish a mineral claim
23 Area of claim
24 Registration of claim
24A Claim may lapse
25 Rights conferred by ownership of mineral claim
26 Mineral claim not transferable etc
27 Land not to be subject to successive mineral claims
Part 5—Exploration licence
28 Preliminary
29 Nature of exploration licence
29A Application for exploration licence
29B Grant of exploration licence
30 Incidents of licence
30AAA Expenditure
30AA Area of licence