224Opal prospecting blocks

224 Opal prospecting blocks

224 Opal prospecting blocks

(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, constitute any land within an opal prospecting area as an opal prospecting block.

(2) Such an order—

(a) may give the opal prospecting block a designation and fix its boundaries, and

(b) may specify any periods during which an opal prospecting licence may not be granted in respect of the opal prospecting block.

(3) An opal prospecting block may not exceed—

(a) an area of 500 hectares, or

(b) such smaller area as is prescribed by the regulations.

s 224: Am 1998 No 88, Sch 5 [5].