293Jurisdiction of Land and Environment Court

293 Jurisdiction of Land and Environment Court

293 Jurisdiction of Land and Environment Court

(1) The Land and Environment Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings relating to any of the following matters—

(a) the area, dimensions or boundaries of land subject to an authority or mineral claim,

(b) the right to the possession or occupation of any land by virtue of an authority or mineral claim,

(c) any question or dispute arising as to—

(i) a right of way, right of access to water or right of entry conferred by or under this Act, or

(ii) any condition imposed by or under this Act (including any condition imposed pursuant to a registered access management plan) on a person’s exercise of any such right of way, right of access to water or right of entry,

(d) the right to the use and enjoyment of water for prospecting or mining and any dispute or question relating to such a right,

(e) trespass or encroachment on, or injury to, land subject to an authority or mineral claim, or interference with, or injury to, any mining improvement,

(f) any demand for debt or damages arising out of prospecting or mining,

(g) any demand for specific performance of any contract relating to any authority or mineral claim,

(h) the right to any mineral in, or to be recovered from, any land subject to an authority or mineral claim, and the rights under, or arising out of, any contract relating to any such mineral,

(i) any transfer or disposition of, or charge on, land subject to an authority or mineral claim,

(j) matters concerning—

(i) any partnership relating to an authority or mineral claim, or to prospecting or mining, or

(ii) the existence, formation and dissolution of any such partnership, or

(iii) the taking of accounts in connection with any such partnership, or

(iv) the contributions of the partners as between themselves, or

(v) the determination of questions arising between the partners,