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Mining Act 1992
379ABCoal the property of the Crown
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#### 379AB Coal the property of the Crown
379AB Coal the property of the Crown
> > (1) All coal that, but for the [Coal Acquisition Act 1981](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1981-109), would be vested in—
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> > > (a) an instrumentality or agency of the Crown, or
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> > > (b) any person other than the Crown,
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> > is vested in the Crown freed and discharged from all trusts, leases, licences, obligations, estates, interests and contracts.
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> > (2) This clause does not apply to coal granted under the [Coal Ownership (Restitution) Act 1990](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1990-019).
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> > (3) The reference in subsection (1) to leases does not include, and is to be taken never to have included, a reference to coal leases within the meaning of the [Coal Mining Act 1973](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1973-81).
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> > (4) The provisions of this clause have effect despite anything contained in the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025), section 42.
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> > (5) Subclauses (1)–(4) re-enact, with minor modifications, the [Coal Acquisition Act 1981](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1981-109), section 5 and are transferred provisions to which the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015), section 30A applies.
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> **s 379AB:** Ins 2022 No 21, Sch 1\[135\].