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Mining Act 1992
368AControlled release areas
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368A Controlled release areas
368A Controlled release areas
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, constitute any land as a controlled release area and may, by the same or a subsequent order so published, name the area and fix its boundaries.
(2) A controlled release area may be constituted for all minerals, for specified minerals or groups of minerals or for all minerals other than specified minerals or groups of minerals.
(3) The whole State is constituted as a controlled release area for coal.
(4) More than one controlled release area may be constituted in respect of any area.
s 368A: Ins 2015 No 39, Sch 1 [18].