173Constitution of mineral claims districts

173 Constitution of mineral claims districts

173 Constitution of mineral claims districts

(1) The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, constitute any land as a mineral claims district and may, by the same or a subsequent order so published, name the district and fix its boundaries.

Editorial note.

For orders under this subsection see Gazette No 101 of 20.8.1992, pp 5948, 5949. From April 2021, PCO is no longer updating notes in provisions of in force titles about related gazette notices. To search for related gazette notices, please use the Gazette Search functionality.

(2) Such an order—

(a) may not be made except on the recommendation of the Minister, and

(b) may not be made over land within a reserve if an order under section 367 directs that mineral claims are not to be granted over land in the reserve, and

(c) may not be made over land within an exempted area except in accordance with the consent of the controlling body for that area.

s 173: Am 2008 No 19, Sch 1 [124].