13Activities taken not to be prospecting or mining—the Act, s 11A

#### 13 Activities taken not to be prospecting or mining—the Act, s 11A 13 Activities taken not to be prospecting or mining—the Act, s 11A > > (1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare that a specified activity, or a specified class of activity, is not prospecting or mining for the purposes of the Act. > > > (2) For the Act, section 11A, an activity is declared not to be prospecting or mining for the purposes of the Act if the activity is specified in Schedule 3. > > > (3) A person who carries out an activity that is declared not to be prospecting or mining must pay a royalty to the Crown, in accordance with the Act, for publicly owned minerals recovered as a consequence of the carrying out of the activity. > > > (4) Subclause (3) does not apply to an activity specified in Schedule 3, clause 4. > > **cl 13:** Subst 2022 (802), Sch 1\[8\].