182Opal prospecting blocks, reserves, mineral allocation areas and controlled release areas

182 Opal prospecting blocks, reserves, mineral allocation areas and controlled release areas

182 Opal prospecting blocks, reserves, mineral allocation areas and controlled release areas

(1) A mineral claim may not be granted over any land within—

(a) an opal prospecting block that is the subject of an opal prospecting licence held by a person other than the applicant for the mineral claim, or

(b) a reserve in respect of which an order prohibiting the granting of mineral claims is in force under section 367.

(c) (Repealed)

(2) Except with the approval of the Minister, a mineral claim may not be granted over any land within a mineral allocation area or controlled release area that is constituted in respect of any mineral or minerals to which the application for the mineral claim relates.

s 182: Am 1996 No 137, Sch 1 [114]–[116]; 2015 No 39, Sch 1 [14].