69Shape and dimensions of land over which mining lease may be granted

69 Shape and dimensions of land over which mining lease may be granted

69 Shape and dimensions of land over which mining lease may be granted

(1) The land over which a mining lease is granted may differ in size or shape from, but may not include land other than, the land over which the lease was sought.

(2) Subsection (1)—

(a) extends to the grant of a single mining lease for 2 or more applications made by the same applicant, and

(b) as extended, applies as if the land over which the mining lease was sought was the land over which the 2 or more mining leases were sought.

s 69: Am 2022 No 21, Sch 1[32].