Underseas Mineral Resources Act 1963
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Version No. 023
Underseas Mineral Resources Act 1963
No. 7095 of 1963
Version incorporating amendments as at
25 October 2012
table of provisions
Section Page
1 Short title 1
2 Application of Mines Act to certain submarine mineral resources 1
ENDNOTES 3
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General Information 3
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Table of Amendments 4
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Explanatory Details 5
Version No. 023
Underseas Mineral Resources Act 1963
No. 7095 of 1963
Version incorporating amendments as at
25 October 2012
An Act to make Provision with respect to the Exploration and Exploitation of the Mineral Resources of the Sea Bed and the Subsoil in certain Waters within and beyond the Territorial Limits of Victoria, and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Underseas Mineral Resources Act 1963.
2 Application of Mines Act to certain submarine mineral resources
S. 2(1) amended by Nos 7591
s. 2(Sch. 1 item 2), 92/1990
s. 128(Sch. 1 item 31), 63/2006 s. 61(Sch. item 31).
(1) For the purpose of encouraging the exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources of the sea bed and its subsoil it is hereby declared that the provisions of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 extend and apply and shall be deemed to have always extended and applied to the sea bed and its subsoil within the territorial limits of Victoria and to those parts of the sea bed and its subsoil of the submarine areas outside such territorial limits to which the jurisdiction and legislative power of the State of Victoria extends in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sea bed and subsoil were land within Victoria.
S. 2(2) amended by Nos 7591
s. 2(Sch. 1 item 2), 92/1990
s. 128(Sch. 1 item 31), 63/2006 s. 61(Sch. item 31).
(2) In the application of the said gold silver uranium thorium and other minerals found on or in such sea bed or subsoil shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown.