Mining Act 1992
48Exempted areas
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48 Exempted areas
48 Exempted areas
(1) The holder of an assessment lease may not, except with the consent of the Minister, exercise a right conferred by the lease within the following land—
(a) land in a state conservation area within an exempted area,
(b) other land in an exempted area, unless an access arrangement under section 140 applies to the land.
(2) Such consent may be given either unconditionally or subject to conditions.
(3) Clauses 12 and 14 of Schedule 1B apply to the variation or suspension of a condition of consent granted under this section in the same way as they apply to the variation or suspension of a condition of an authorisation.
s 48: Am 2015 No 40, Sch 1 [26]; 2022 No 21, Sch 1[24].