Mining Act 1992
81Surface activities in relation to subsurface leases
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81 Surface activities in relation to subsurface leases
81 Surface activities in relation to subsurface leases
(1) The holder of a mining lease over any land (being a lease that does not include the surface of the land) may, with the consent of—
(a) the landholder, and
(b) the holder of any authority or mineral claim in force over the surface of the land,
carry out on the surface of the land any activities that are prescribed by the regulations.
(2) (Repealed)
(3) Part 11 applies to the land over which the holder of a mining lease carries out such prescribed activities as if that land were land the subject of the mining lease.
s 81: Am 1996 No 137, Sch 1 [31]; 1999 No 43, Sch 1 [9]; 2008 No 19, Sch 1 [74]–[76].