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#### 7 Meaning of “ancillary mining activity”
7 Meaning of “ancillary mining activity”
(Former clause 7 of 2010 Reg)
> The following activities are prescribed as ancillary mining activities for the purposes of the definition of ancillary mining activity in the Dictionary to the Act—
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> > (a) the construction, maintenance or use (in or in connection with mining operations) of any one or more of the following—
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> > > (i) any building or mining plant,
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> > > (ii) any road, railway, tramway, bridge or jetty,
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> > > (iii) any reservoir, dam, drain or water race,
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> > > (iv) any cable, conveyor, pipeline, telephone line or signalling system,
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> > > (v) any bin, magazine or fuel chute,
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> > > (vi) any plant nursery,
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> > (b) opal puddling,
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> > (c) the removal, stockpiling, management or depositing of overburden, ore or tailings to the extent that it is associated with mineral extraction or mineral beneficiation,
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> > (d) the storage of fuel, machinery, timber or equipment for use in or in connection with mining operations,
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> > (e) the generation and transmission of electricity for use in or in connection with mining operations,
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> > (f) the construction, maintenance and use (in or in connection with mining operations) of any drillhole or shaft for—
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> > > (i) drainage of gas, or
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> > > (ii) drainage or conveyance of water, or
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> > > (iii) ventilation, or
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> > > (iv) conveyance of electricity, or
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> > > (v) conveyance of materials, or
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> > > (vi) communications, or
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> > > (vii) emergency access to underground workings,
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> > (g) the environmental management, protection and rehabilitation of land on which an ancillary mining activity referred to in another paragraph of this clause is being or has been carried out.
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> **cl 7:** Am 2017 No 27, Sch 2 \[2\] \[3\].