(1) Except as
otherwise provided, this Act applies only in respect of mineral land.
(2) The regulations
may provide that a specified provision of this Act applies, or applies with
prescribed modifications, to or in relation to land that is not mineral land.
(2a) The regulations
may provide that a specified provision of this Act does not apply, or applies
with prescribed modifications, to or in relation to mining operations for the
recovery of extractive minerals that are authorised under another Act.
(2b) Royalty is
payable under this Act in respect of the recovery of extractive minerals under
another Act, except where the provisions of the other Act provide that royalty
is not payable under this Act.
(3) Except where the
operations are being carried out in an opal development area, this Act does
not regulate authorised operations for the recovery of precious stones if
those operations are carried out under the authority of a permit or tenement
issued under the Opal Mining Act 1995 .