21Notification of landholders

21 Notification of landholders

21 Notification of landholders

(1) Before inviting tenders for a mining lease to which this Division applies, the Minister must cause notice of the proposal to be served on any landholder of the land concerned.

(2) Such a notice—

(a) must state that the Minister intends to invite tenders, and

(b) must describe the land to which the invitation will relate, and

(c) must state that objections to the granting of the lease on the grounds that the land is agricultural land, and claims with respect to significant improvements on the land, may be made to the Minister within 28 days after the date on which the notice is served.

(3) An applicant for a mining lease to which this Division applies must (within 21 days after lodging the application or, in a case to which section 383A (2) (b) applies, within 21 days after the expiration of the period referred to in that paragraph) cause notice of the application to be served on any landholder of the land concerned (except where the landholder is the applicant or is, in relation to the applicant, a related corporation).

(4) Such a notice—

(a) must state that an application for the lease has been lodged, and

(b) must contain a description, prepared in the approved manner, of the land over which the lease is sought, and

(c) must state that objections to the granting of the lease on the grounds that the land is agricultural land, and claims with respect to significant improvements on the land, may be made to the Minister within 28 days after the date on which the notice is served.

(5) A copy of every notice served in accordance with subclause (3) must be lodged with the Secretary within 21 days after the date on which the notice was served, together with a statement by the applicant to the effect that each such notice was served and setting out the name and address of each landholder on whom it was served.