South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts43A—Prospecting and mining in regional reserves
(1) The relevant
mining Minister must not grant an application for a mining tenement in
relation to a regional reserve without first submitting the application to the
Minister administering this Act.
(2) In the case of an
application for a mining production tenement in relation to a regional
reserve, the relevant mining Minister must not grant the application without
the approval of the Minister administering this Act.
(3) In the case of an
application for any other kind of mining tenement in relation to a regional
reserve the relevant mining Minister must not grant the application without
considering the views of the Minister administering this Act.
(4) If the Minister
administering this Act refuses to give the approval required by
subsection (2) the relevant mining Minister may refer the matter to the
Governor and may, with the Governor's approval, grant the application.
(5) The holder of a
precious stones prospecting permit under the Opal Mining Act 1995 cannot
peg out an area for a precious stones tenement on a regional reserve without
the approval of the Minister administering this Act, or if the Minister
refuses to give approval, without the approval of the Governor.
(6)
Subsection (2) does not apply to a petroleum production licence that the
Minister administering the Cooper Basin (Ratification) Act 1975 is
authorised to grant by section 9 of that Act.
(7) A reference in
this section to "the relevant mining Minister in relation to the granting of a
mining tenement is, if the mining Act under which the tenement is granted
provides for it to be granted by any authority other than the relevant mining
Minister, a reference to that authority.